Blood splash, loss of arm on the battlefield
Today, April 30, watching live on TV about the parade and parade to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day, the elderly war invalids Nguyen Sy Ty (83 years old) and Nguyen Thi Bon (75 years old) were moved. Memories of the years of direct combat, combat service, and serious injuries that seem to have remained on the battlefield flood in them.
Veteran Nguyen Sy Ty said that at the age of 226.4 he enlisted in the army. After a period of training, he fought in battlefield 559 (Truong Son road) from the area of Route 9 to Savanakhet province and the downstream area of Laos.
His unit fought many fierce battles including ambush fighting, landing the enemy by helicopter in mountainous areas.
On a day in December 1967, the enemy landed with many helicopters with hundreds of names at the Atop location (Laos) to attack the food, weapons and ammunition depot area of our army.
At that time, after a series of enemy bombs fell down, we were ordered by our superiors to fire at any time when we encountered the enemy. I was assigned to be a leader in the surrounding forces, destroying the enemy. My hand held an AK gun and fired a series of bullets in front of me. Then his teammates simultaneously fired shells, causing many deaths and panicking and fleeing.
After a while the enemy was less scared, they fought fiercely, our troops took advantage of the terrain and the big tree to hide to preserve forces, limit casualties. The two sides held each other until about 7 pm, the superior we had an order not to open fire and surrounded the enemy waiting for us to pull the cannon into the battlefield to fight a battle to destroy all the enemy. That day we were lying around all night.
The next morning, at around 6am, the enemy gathered a series of helicopters to continue landing, and used many bombers and fierce shelling. At that time, our unit was ordered to attack the enemy's belt. Next, our artillery and infantry simultaneously attacked and burned down 11 enemy aircraft, mainly helicopters.
While the bombs and bullets from both sides were firing like rain, an enemy bullet hit my right arm, the bullet went from the front to the back of my arm, blood flowing red and wet all over my body. My teammates used rubber ropes to tie my hand up to stop the bleeding. After that, Mr. Toan and Mr. Hop, the 3 injured, came home to lie in an air defense tunnel.
When the beating ended, the care team came to force us up and took us to the infirmary for surgery and treatment. About every 5 days or a week, they anesthetized and then sawed my injured arm. When I woke up and saw that I had lost an arm, I was very sad. But I was just a little sad and calmed down, thinking that not dying was better luck than many of my teammates, Mr. Ty recounted.
After being injured, Mr. Ty was taken to Ha Tay province for 2 months of treatment, then transferred to the Ha Bac provincial war invalids' camp. In 1969, he was transferred to the Ha Tinh infantry station for refreshment.
Mr. Ty's wife, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Bon (born in 1950), was also injured in the war. At the age of 21, Mrs. Bon went on a crusade in the West of Quang Binh province. Once, a group of female workers on the railway were digging soil and repairing the road for vehicles to enter the front line when the enemy plane bombed them.
"The enemy bomb threw down our group, causing 2 people to sacrifice, I hit the bomb for 2 days to wake up. When I woke up, I heard that, after hitting the bomb, they thought I was dead so I was going to take it back to save.
"After returning to our hometown, we were in the same situation and were no longer healthy, so we sympathized, got married, and have been married for more than 50 years now," Mr. Ty said.
Proud of the Heroic Vietnam Army
Mr. Ty confided that he himself lost his right arm, his wife was also seriously injured in the head, her body was covered with scars, and her health was greatly affected, making the couple's life extremely difficult when working as a farmer. However, thanks to the training through the war, he and his wife had enough determination to overcome everything. Although he only has one hand left, Mr. Ty can still do the work of other healthy divers.
Coming out of the fierce war, many times I thought I would no longer survive and return. Mr. Ty and his wife understand more and more the value of peace, independence and freedom. Therefore, out of the 5 children born, 4 were named: Hoa, Binh, Vinh, Quang.
Sitting attentively watching the parade, the parade of 50 years of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification, Mr. Ty and his wife were moved many times, their eyes wide.
My wife and I are very happy, very proud and very touched that today is the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country. Having peace today, we are proud to have contributed a part of our blood, meat, and body on the battlefield, Mr. Ty shared.
Our army is now increasingly elite, modern, and equipped with modern weapons. I am very happy and believe in our Party, State, and Army in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland and developing the country so that the people's lives are increasingly prosperous and happy," Mr. Ty added.
At an age that is "not yet rare", Mr. Ty and his wife are still healthy, alert, living healthy, and being exemplary and respected by cadres and people.
In addition to receiving full monthly allowances for war invalids, every War Invalids and Martyrs Day and Tet holiday, he and his wife also receive additional gifts.
"Today, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification, my husband and I were also given 2 gifts by the commune, each worth 500,000 VND, so I am very happy to always feel cared for by the Party and the State," Mr. Ty confided.
