PANO – The Museum of Victory of Phai Khat Station in Tam Kim commune, Nguyen Binh district, Cao Bang province is exhibiting an old mosquito net with many holes by shells.
The mosquito net was used by To Dinh Cam and his older brother when they engaged in clandestine activities and before Cam was admitted to the Vietnam Armed Propaganda Unit for National Liberation (the predecessor of the Vietnam People’s Army) in December 1944.
Mr. To Dinh Hai presenting the net to the museum
To Dinh Hai, Cam’s nephew who is now chairman of Tam Kim commune People’s Committee, said that his father, To Van Tung (alias To Dinh Tuy) and his uncle To Tien Luc (alias To Dinh Cam) were involved in propaganda activities and local revolutionary movement. Joining Viet Minh, Tung and Luc had proactively followed the enemy’s situations and encouraged locals to back the revolution of Vietnam. Knowing that, the enemy pursued them and promised to reward 20 kilograms of salt for any one who could catch them. The brothers had to shelter in a cave deep in a forest. They received daily supplies from their relatives.
To sidetrack the enemy, they hung the mosquito net in the cave and rested in another secrete place. Once the enemy resolutely attempted to arrest the two brothers. Thanks to the timely notice from local people they could timely left the shelter. Failing to capture them, the enemy destroyed their tent and shot many times at the mosquito net.
Leaving the shelter, they lost each other in the forest until a week later when they together returned to the cave. Soon after that, Luc was named one of the 34 members of the Vietnam Armed Propaganda Unit for National Liberation while Tung worked as a political cadre in Cho Don district, Bac Kan province.
The mosquito net was presented to the Museum of Victory of Phai Khat Station-the first victory of the Vietnam Armed Propaganda Unit for National Liberation by Hai’s family after preserving for years.
Translated by Ngoc Bich
Đăng ký: VietNam News
