Army Corps 3 receives war artifact

At the event, Col. Thong handed over a map pointing stick belonging to Cao Van Vien, the General and Chief of General Staff of the Saigon troops. This was a trophy taken by Regiment 28 during the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign.

A view of the hand-over of the artifact

According to the veteran, during the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, Regiment 28 was assigned by the Army Corps 3 Command and Division 10’s Chain-of-Command to occupy the Saigon Army's General Staff's headquarters. Officers and soldiers of Regiment 28 coordinated with other units and bravely fought, occupying the headquarters at 11:30a.m. on April 30, 1975 and seizing many trophies, including the map pointing stick.

The veteran said that he kept the map pointing stick and used it to command his unit during battles in Vietnam and while performing international duties in Cambodia. Due to both objective and subjective reasons, he was only able to hand it over to the unit today.

Veteran, Sr. Col. Tran Xuan Thong and Army Corps 3’s troops in a joint photo

Speaking at the event, Army Corps 3’s Deputy Political Commissar Sr. Col. Nguyen Thanh Phong expressed deep gratitude to Col. Thong and the veterans of Army Corps 3 for their sacrifices that contributed to enriching the heroic tradition of the Central Highlands Front - Army Corps 3. After the war, even as the veterans are getting older, they continue to follow and support the development of the army corps.

The deputy political commissar of Army Corps 3 received the artifact and asked the Army Corps 3 Museum to carefully preserve and display it to promote its significant value in educating officers, soldiers, and local people about traditions.

Translated by Song Anh