More fallen soldiers remains repatriated from Cambodia
(VOV) - Tay Ninh province and the Military Zone 7 High Command held a ceremony on July 25 to lay in their final resting place the remains of 206 volunteer soldiers killed in the war in Cambodia.
The remains were located by the K70 and K71 search teams of the Military Zone 7 and the Provincial Military Command during the 2013-14 dry season.
Since 2001, the two teams have unearthed and collected 2,908 sets of remains of volunteer Vietnamese soldiers who laid down their lives in Cambodia and returned them to the homeland for reburial at cemetery Hill 82 in Tan Bien district.
A similar ceremony took place at a cemetery in Hon Dat district, Kien Giang province the same day.
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Fifty-eight remains were discovered by K92 team of the Military Zone 9 during the 2013-14 dry season with significant assistance from Cambodian friends.
K92 has collected a cumulative total of 1,803 sets of remains since 2001 and all have been repatriated to Kien Giang province.
The ceremonies express Vietnamese philosophy “When drinking water, remember the source” and the spirit of great national unity epitomized by the nation’s unbending determination to return soldiers who died in battle to their homeland.