Hien Luong Bridge - Ben Hai River
Hien Luong Bridge - Ben Hai River. The river a beautiful image of the motherland, of peace. But there is a river that must be brought in Wrath, buckling under the scene divided homeland divided the country, a river shore carved into two 2-line world. Ben Hai River in Quang Tri had to stand divided South and North Vietnam more than 20 years uninterrupted in the war against America.
Quang Tri looked on the map as the waist belt of the S-shaped piece of land, with a strategic position is very important in history, where the Hien Luong Bridge over the Ben Hai River flows.
Hien Luong Bridge connecting Highway 1A, Ben Hai River crossing at km 735 of Hien Luong village, Vinh Thanh Commune, Vinh Linh, Quang Tri province.
Ben Hai River originates from the mountains of the Annamite Mountains Dong Chan and flows along the 17th parallel from West to East, and filled the Cua Tung door. Ben Hai River has a total length of nearly 100 km, about 200 meters at its widest point, the narrowest width of about 20 -30m, the boundary between the two districts of Vinh Linh and Gio Linh Quang Tri province.
Ben Hai River was originally named Ming Liang. At the time of King Minh Mang due to coincide with the word "Ming" commit to abstain taboo name of the King (the "Cancel" ngia contract with "Cavalry" that is taboo, according to feudal law in the national scope all taboo subjects name command of the king is not allowed to name the children in the family ... as well as unauthorized use of scripts or in everyday speech). Therefore, the village name, names were changed to Hien Luong River. Ben Hai River is also called river "Ben Bald" dialects "bald" means small river, from Ben Bald read the Ben Hai misses out.
Until now Hien Luong Bridge over several times to change the structure, but the bridge still is a bridge history from 1952 to 1967, it was the US aircraft bombed caving. Bridge construction began in 1922 with rudimentary wood for pedestrians, changed several times until the rebuild in 2003 all was 8 times.
1954 Geneva Agreement signed by the 17th parallel provisions Ben Hai River as a temporary military demarcation line; after two years will perform a general election to reunification of Vietnam (provisions in January 7/1956). In the joint declaration of the 1954 Geneva Convention reads: "The dividing line military nature only temporary, can not be considered as a political border or territory".
US imperialist conspiracy from before has tried to carry out the intention to monopolize the South Vietnam, so as to be monopolized throughout Indochina. US legal ousted from South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem pressed France put up as Prime Minister of South Vietnam puppet. Both nations must undertake a march lasted more than 20 years of separation.
A river not more than 100 meters wide, 178 meters long bridge, with 894 boards across the nation Vietnam must go through 21 long years, no blood and bone change (Ba National martyrs cemetery and row thousands of cemeteries throughout the country with thousands of officers and soldiers and compatriots who fell). There were fierce battle with bombs, and also has fierce battle but not a gunshot. The contest of wills, of fierce fighting and keep our fiercely and 17th World Trivia Champion.
It started from the flagpole - war "playing chess"
In the battle took place in Hien Luong probably "play chess" is a bitter battle and most drastic happening for 14 years. Since the delimitation of frontiers, the height of the flagpole is constantly raised, by the flag of the flag can not be lower than the puppets.
Start date 10/08/1954, we built the flagpole tall casuarina tree 12 meters, with 15.36 m2 flag. At the French south coast mainland our flag on the roof of the southern blockhouse Xuan Hoa bridge, 15 meters high. Compatriot sides of the demarcation line request flag certain we have the enemy flag higher. So our soldiers tramped the woods to find a tree about 18 meters high as the flagpole, flag pole atop 24 m2.
From 06.30.1955, France transferred the police station for Ngo Dinh Diem.Tu here, the struggle improve between ourselves and the enemy flagpole really happening shrill.
To express "right nationalists", May 2/1956 Ngo Dinh Diem to build cement flagpole 30 meters high reinforced with 3 stripes flag large, flashing neon color like challenging enough. After ensign, loudspeakers enemy peddle "President Vietnam Republic mast erected 30 meter Vĩ Bac 17th to population Secretarial Vietnam evident nationalism".
Before the crude provocations of enemy threats, May 7- 1957, the Vinh Linh our troops erected a flagpole by 34.5 meters tall steel pipe measuring 108 m2 flag. On the top of flagpole mounted a bronze star with a diameter of 1.2 meters. 5 top stars 15 bulbs mounted a beam type 500 W.
When the red flag is hoisted back gold soaring, fellow north-south sides of joyous celebrations. US- puppet completely surprised by this event. We rushed our flagpole rising up to 35 meters, and up sarcastically: "The North Vietnamese wanted to play chess, but how well the national struggle."
Not to lower our flag flagpole enemy government in 1962 that the Corporation Vietnam Machinery Erection processed and then transferred to a flag pole erected in Hien Luong, 38.6-meter high mast, pull up flag 134 m2, weighs 15 kg. 10 meters from the top of the flagpole there is a cabin for our soldiers and the flag stand receivable. This is the online world's tallest flagpole. Yellow starred red flag flying high is the belief, the North Star of the South shore compatriots, is the pride and symbol of people power north shore. People take areas of Vietnam, Cho Cau Gio An ... tens of kilometers away is still visible flag fatherland beckons. Understanding heart people both banks, police station soldiers daily Hien Luong flag up sooner and lowering of the flag later (6:30 to 18:30) to her children more time watching chess. Holidays, New Year, our flags fly atop the clock column.
By 1965, the US waged war of destruction by air and naval out north. From here, the army and people of North demarcation line entering a new battle. Hien Luong flagstaff was raiding first goal of the aircraft, the US warships.
On 8-2-1965, Nguyen Cao Ky driving the planes bombarding AD6 flagpole, but Vinh Linh artillery was wounded almost lost his life.
On 17/09/1965, a US aircraft crashed into the bombing flagpole. Shrapnel shot into the flagpole chan acrid, the smoke of dust. But mast still standing. Irritated, American planes swooped down lower back, but the soldiers returned fire protection drastic flag. They panic scattered pilots bomb hit a police station south bank made 87 puppets killed and injured name, including the name of the chief. Proposal to month 9/1965 Nguyet Quang Tri province's chief admitted: "After the Vietnam Aircraft - US mistakenly bombed the police station dated 09.17.1965 Hien Luong significant damage of life and property Ben Hai police and minority opinion that bewildered "[1].
Until 02.08.1967, concentrated enemy planes flying turns bombing a days, making Hien Luong Bridge collapsed and fractured my flagpole. Even that night, with a power pole append the tree, a new flag pole was erected. Also that night, the sapper soldiers and militia hydro 126A Division North demarcation line used blasting demolish southside flagpole, flag permanently terminate three rods of the Saigon puppet demarcation sky.
For several years, after each battle, broken flagpoles, flags were shrapnel, shells tearing away a new flag pole, a new flag was replaced.
In the fight to defend the fatherland flag on the demarcation line of the bridge. I have fought a battle over 300 large and small, 3 times captured enemy commandos crossing mined destructive flagpole, two armed police and soldiers died, eight were injured, 11 militants Hien Luong flag fell to the Fatherland always exist in the sky frontiers [2].
Not to mention Mother Nguyen Thi Diem, doctor Nguyen Duc Lang ... who sew her, and she in bombs.
Doctor Nguyen Duc Lang, army soldier consecutive years Hanoi has received the flag. Since the North American yeast bomb difficulty walking, Command Vinh Linh grant money buy bunting .The doctor Lang is a dressmaker flag. Each year doctors sew from 14-16 flag, hundreds of square meters wide, weighs 15 kg. Each flag sew all 122 meters of red cloth, 12 meters of yellow cloth. Each seam to sew three four lines new flags withstand winds. When enemy aircraft raiding fierce, torn flag, mother Nguyen Thi Diem in several years, with needle, thread how many times between rain storms bomb shells, after each battle, mother Diem to right foot flagpole to fresh patch Nation flag. Time bombs hit too many files, the patch does not keep up, she stayed up all night to keep lighting in the tunnel to patch flag.
Count "from 19.05.1956 to 10.08.1967, have been hung all 267 flags of all kinds" [3]. The next year, the police and soldiers have more 11 times reconstructed wooden flagpole from 12 to 18 meters high, 42 times instead of flag ...
The bridge two paint:
Conspiracy to divide our country of beauty camouflage paint job is also shown through the bridge. Fa Hien Luong bridge rebuilt by 5- 1952, 178 meters long, 7 span, reinforced concrete cylinder, sphere pine flooring, 4 meters wide. Since the demarcation Ben Hai River, "Bridges divided into two parts, each 89m long, painted two different colors. North Coast including the bridge deck panels 450, 444 plate southside "(by writer Nguyen Tuan). Lines dividing South - North is a 1cm wide white painted lines do two domain boundaries. Daily police and police guarding the two regions, according to rotate through the complex mode.
To create the image dividing our country, US- Saigon government initiative blue painted half south bridge. But with the will "Country Unification" We just finished painting the first day, then at night, police one half painted in blue bridge north shore for a color harmony. Time after we left for the south bridge repainted part by brown. And so, the Hien Luong bridge the ever-changing colors. Every enemy painted a different color to create two contrasting colors, we repainted immediately into a common color.
"The war paint bridges" that lasted almost 5 years, finally Saigon government must succumb to the bridge paint a unified common. Action painted bridge is a political struggle to tell the reunification aspirations of our people and army.
War without gunfire between police and police frontiers Saigon:
The match wits and demarcation of the police to safeguard peace and the Saigon puppet police also very complicated and tense. According to the Geneva Agreement, each party has two police stations: Station Hien Luong, Cua Tung (north shore), and Cat Son Xuan Hoa station (southside) often called Don United. Each station has 16 policemen guarding and control security and police soat.Cong both banks have a responsibility to keep the regulation demilitarized zone, check passers frontiers.
Who wants to have a passport through by the two sides level station, only on the trade market, not going into the village. Every month on even numbered days, a group of police brought three books directly through the bridge to the southern bank, and on odd days, a group 3 puppet police into the north bank of exchange work. At Cua Tung station, each week the police both sides "to remove" once with a group 6 people. Each station has two people regularly online, a're a champion. By week's end, the two sides signed the minutes of the shore converter. Gone "online book ban" rumors Cua Tung is still kept at the museum in ruins shore Double Hien Luong - Ben Hai. Called the police station compound, Saigon is always sowing hatred and division; Our police are calling for solidarity and unity. At the station complex took place more stress struggle. Many times the Saigon police defamatory northern regime, using demagoguery, flattered seduce, entice people.
Month 4-1960, a Saigon police organization into northern bank work; they are easy to hold textile la tattoo (net) of women Glory, defamatory north, the sister immediately responded bluntly: "You have eyes as blind, wicked US- Diem 10- Law 59 '[4] makes us not say anything. The irony is that the police and soldiers have to go with the enemy on a boat, sit at the same desk. There are times when the enemy forcibly crude, provocative threat to life, but the soldiers remained calm, fearless wits, fighting unmask the enemy base.
On 24.04.1962, the enemy incited religious priests and 150 migrants in the southern bank held protest rally northern regime, the soldiers immediately unmask me with words so convincing, tie wedding demonstrators to disperse. Cultural lifestyle and kindness of our soldiers were awakened many officers and soldiers called Saigon. Typically in May 7-1959, two police station from which he hung Cat Son, wind capsized boat; southside police watched his teammate in distress but not at, the police station in the northern bank of Cua Tung was quickly plunged into the river rescued two puppet policemen. That action has touched some southside police, do split our team. Thus, the police and soldiers have constructed many inline base in enemy.
Who wants to have a passport through by the two sides level station, only on the trade market, not going into the village. Every month on even numbered days, a group of police brought three books directly through the bridge to the southern bank, and on odd days, a group 3 puppet police into the north bank of exchange work. At Cua Tung station, each week the police both sides "to remove" once with a group 6 people. Each station has two people regularly online, a're a champion. By week's end, the two sides signed the minutes of the shore converter. Gone "online book ban" rumors Cua Tung is still kept at the museum in ruins shore Double Hien Luong - Ben Hai. Called the police station compound, Saigon is always sowing hatred and division; Our police are calling for solidarity and unity. At the station complex took place more stress struggle. Many times the Saigon police defamatory northern regime, using demagoguery, flattered seduce, entice people.
Month 4-1960, a Saigon police organization into northern bank work; they are easy to hold textile la tattoo (net) of women Glory, defamatory north, the sister immediately responded bluntly: "You have eyes as blind, wicked US- Diem 10- Law 59 '[4] makes us not say anything. The irony is that the police and soldiers have to go with the enemy on a boat, sit at the same desk. There are times when the enemy forcibly crude, provocative threat to life, but the soldiers remained calm, fearless wits, fighting unmask the enemy base.
On 24.04.1962, the enemy incited religious priests and 150 migrants in the southern bank held protest rally northern regime, the soldiers immediately unmask me with words so convincing, tie wedding demonstrators to disperse. Cultural lifestyle and kindness of our soldiers were awakened many officers and soldiers called Saigon. Typically in May 7-1959, two police station from which he hung Cat Son, wind capsized boat; southside police watched his teammate in distress but not at, the police station in the northern bank of Cua Tung was quickly plunged into the river rescued two puppet policemen. That action has touched some southside police, do split our team. Thus, the police and soldiers have constructed many inline base in enemy.
The war sounds:
Following the Geneva Agreement, to educate and mobilize people to fight to unify the country, we have to build a system of loudspeakers, distributed into 5 clusters throughout the length of 1,500 meters on the north bank. Each cluster 24 speakers of 25 W towards the south coast.
Following the Geneva Agreement, to educate and mobilize people to fight to unify the country, we have to build a system of loudspeakers, distributed into 5 clusters throughout the length of 1,500 meters on the north bank. Each cluster 24 speakers of 25 W towards the south coast.
Every day 24/24, this speaker system transmits program Voice of Vietnam, Vinh Linh Radio, the music, recitation, say rhymes, drama, folk songs, radio programs for team working ... very attractive. Who lived in the two banks of the Ben Hai years 1954- 1964 would still resound in the memories and folk vocalist Tri Thien Hue, sweet voice recitation of European artists Loan.
"Birds are injured tree forest far from Me roots / Cards distant day he looks forward to the night / In the station cards not he remember? / This addition is still awaited his business cards on"
Irritated, some weeks later, the US- Diem north side mounted speaker clusters by West Germany, Australia production of large capacity, play loud, overwhelming all of our speakers.
Loudspeaker systems our small capacity, no doors to be Vietnamese, Market Central Bridge ... That was an additional 8 doubles powerful speakers (50W) and a 250W power speakers to increase the accent. Thus, each time the enemy to fight the psychological tone, sound system found on the northern bank of our voices would drown. Furious enemy, beginning in 1960, an American speakers with great power given to the southside. They bragged: "Speakers 'said broken glass' will sonorous take Quang Binh, North shore residents clearly heard the voice of nationalism ...".
Unyielding. We've added speaker system includes a speaker with a diameter of 1.7 meters coronary speakers, 500W power, 20 speakers type 50W, 4 speakers type 250 W. To supply power to the speaker system has a total capacity of 7.000W This, we have built a 6 KVA high voltage line 10 kilometers long drag from Tien An village (Vinh Son) about to Tung Law (Vinh Giang) and a high-frequency station located 2.5 km from Hien Luong Bridge north to amplification for speaker systems. Speaker clusters placed on reinforced concrete pillars solidly. Particularly the "great speaker" 500W mounted on mobile vehicles. Once upon wind, speakers can transmit far 10 km, until Cho Bridge and Cua Vietnam, Gio An. Fellow South coast villages extremely happy because everyday they hear clearly the voice of northern familiar siblings.
To "sparring", US- Diem Ben Hai launched the war psychologically dangerous name. Every day we say from 14 to 15 hours, one or two o'clock in the morning opened the speakers at full capacity. Toan said the distorting history, praised "the president Ngo was injured citizens, patriots ...". While in the fields of Vinh Linh plows, pumps are operating, they are lu speaker: "Vietnamese Communist arrest buffaloes plowing instead ...." The name "psychological war" drawled named Phuong nightly. On a night 1963, 4 soldiers and policemen have secretly crossed the river, the southern bank relative directions, killing method name right now it is crying on loud speakers. Farmers are two sides of the heart lah, lah labor because they are from today being woken at midnight, not the infamous words, lies nua.Den 1965, when the North American yeast bomb, loudspeaker systems of both sides completely decommissioned.
The resistance of 21 years on the banks of the Hien Luong is the resistance against American full sacrifices and hardships of our army and people. A parallel 17th parallel of latitude to normal as others, but it is internationally known and interested, mark the 17th parallel dividing our country for 21 years. Peaceful reunification, people lose, people also; But the merits of military and civilian areas of the demarcation line be etched. Monuments sometimes endures forever Hien Luong shore with the noble values. December 1986, two banks relic rated Hien Luong National level. This is a bright spot in the itinerary of foreign tourists in search of nostalgia here to suffer a divided country, understand the power of a people fervently love peace, a willingness and desire independence freedom, to have a beautiful Vietnam today.
Each monument on the land of Quang Tri is an immortal epic of unyielding fighting spirit, courage cunning and creativity to death for the country for sacrifice of our army and people. Historical system revolution is invaluable spiritual wealth, have great significance not only for domestic but also for international profoundly, we must strive to preserve and embellish.
Hien Luong Bridge - Ben Hai River. The river a beautiful image of the motherland, of peace. But there is a river that must be brought in Wrath, buckling under the scene divided homeland divided the country, a river shore carved into two 2-line world. Ben Hai River in Quang Tri had to stand divided South and North Vietnam more than 20 years uninterrupted in the war against America.
Quang Tri looked on the map as the waist belt of the S-shaped piece of land, with a strategic position is very important in history, where the Hien Luong Bridge over the Ben Hai River flows.
Hien Luong Bridge connecting Highway 1A, Ben Hai River crossing at km 735 of Hien Luong village, Vinh Thanh Commune, Vinh Linh, Quang Tri province.
Ben Hai River originates from the mountains of the Annamite Mountains Dong Chan and flows along the 17th parallel from West to East, and filled the Cua Tung door. Ben Hai River has a total length of nearly 100 km, about 200 meters at its widest point, the narrowest width of about 20 -30m, the boundary between the two districts of Vinh Linh and Gio Linh Quang Tri province.
Ben Hai River was originally named Ming Liang. At the time of King Minh Mang due to coincide with the word "Ming" commit to abstain taboo name of the King (the "Cancel" ngia contract with "Cavalry" that is taboo, according to feudal law in the national scope all taboo subjects name command of the king is not allowed to name the children in the family ... as well as unauthorized use of scripts or in everyday speech). Therefore, the village name, names were changed to Hien Luong River. Ben Hai River is also called river "Ben Bald" dialects "bald" means small river, from Ben Bald read the Ben Hai misses out.
Until now Hien Luong Bridge over several times to change the structure, but the bridge still is a bridge history from 1952 to 1967, it was the US aircraft bombed caving. Bridge construction began in 1922 with rudimentary wood for pedestrians, changed several times until the rebuild in 2003 all was 8 times.
1954 Geneva Agreement signed by the 17th parallel provisions Ben Hai River as a temporary military demarcation line; after two years will perform a general election to reunification of Vietnam (provisions in January 7/1956). In the joint declaration of the 1954 Geneva Convention reads: "The dividing line military nature only temporary, can not be considered as a political border or territory".
US imperialist conspiracy from before has tried to carry out the intention to monopolize the South Vietnam, so as to be monopolized throughout Indochina. US legal ousted from South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem pressed France put up as Prime Minister of South Vietnam puppet. Both nations must undertake a march lasted more than 20 years of separation.
"The way a river but remember that this commercial
Match a coastal bridge that debt away "
A river not more than 100 meters wide, 178 meters long bridge, with 894 boards across the nation Vietnam must go through 21 long years, no blood and bone change (Ba National martyrs cemetery and row thousands of cemeteries throughout the country with thousands of officers and soldiers and compatriots who fell). There were fierce battle with bombs, and also has fierce battle but not a gunshot. The contest of wills, of fierce fighting and keep our fiercely and 17th World Trivia Champion.
It started from the flagpole - war "playing chess"
In the battle took place in Hien Luong probably "play chess" is a bitter battle and most drastic happening for 14 years. Since the delimitation of frontiers, the height of the flagpole is constantly raised, by the flag of the flag can not be lower than the puppets.
Start date 10/08/1954, we built the flagpole tall casuarina tree 12 meters, with 15.36 m2 flag. At the French south coast mainland our flag on the roof of the southern blockhouse Xuan Hoa bridge, 15 meters high. Compatriot sides of the demarcation line request flag certain we have the enemy flag higher. So our soldiers tramped the woods to find a tree about 18 meters high as the flagpole, flag pole atop 24 m2.
From 06.30.1955, France transferred the police station for Ngo Dinh Diem.Tu here, the struggle improve between ourselves and the enemy flagpole really happening shrill.
To express "right nationalists", May 2/1956 Ngo Dinh Diem to build cement flagpole 30 meters high reinforced with 3 stripes flag large, flashing neon color like challenging enough. After ensign, loudspeakers enemy peddle "President Vietnam Republic mast erected 30 meter Vĩ Bac 17th to population Secretarial Vietnam evident nationalism".
Before the crude provocations of enemy threats, May 7- 1957, the Vinh Linh our troops erected a flagpole by 34.5 meters tall steel pipe measuring 108 m2 flag. On the top of flagpole mounted a bronze star with a diameter of 1.2 meters. 5 top stars 15 bulbs mounted a beam type 500 W.
When the red flag is hoisted back gold soaring, fellow north-south sides of joyous celebrations. US- puppet completely surprised by this event. We rushed our flagpole rising up to 35 meters, and up sarcastically: "The North Vietnamese wanted to play chess, but how well the national struggle."
Not to lower our flag flagpole enemy government in 1962 that the Corporation Vietnam Machinery Erection processed and then transferred to a flag pole erected in Hien Luong, 38.6-meter high mast, pull up flag 134 m2, weighs 15 kg. 10 meters from the top of the flagpole there is a cabin for our soldiers and the flag stand receivable. This is the online world's tallest flagpole. Yellow starred red flag flying high is the belief, the North Star of the South shore compatriots, is the pride and symbol of people power north shore. People take areas of Vietnam, Cho Cau Gio An ... tens of kilometers away is still visible flag fatherland beckons. Understanding heart people both banks, police station soldiers daily Hien Luong flag up sooner and lowering of the flag later (6:30 to 18:30) to her children more time watching chess. Holidays, New Year, our flags fly atop the clock column.
By 1965, the US waged war of destruction by air and naval out north. From here, the army and people of North demarcation line entering a new battle. Hien Luong flagstaff was raiding first goal of the aircraft, the US warships.
On 8-2-1965, Nguyen Cao Ky driving the planes bombarding AD6 flagpole, but Vinh Linh artillery was wounded almost lost his life.
On 17/09/1965, a US aircraft crashed into the bombing flagpole. Shrapnel shot into the flagpole chan acrid, the smoke of dust. But mast still standing. Irritated, American planes swooped down lower back, but the soldiers returned fire protection drastic flag. They panic scattered pilots bomb hit a police station south bank made 87 puppets killed and injured name, including the name of the chief. Proposal to month 9/1965 Nguyet Quang Tri province's chief admitted: "After the Vietnam Aircraft - US mistakenly bombed the police station dated 09.17.1965 Hien Luong significant damage of life and property Ben Hai police and minority opinion that bewildered "[1].
Until 02.08.1967, concentrated enemy planes flying turns bombing a days, making Hien Luong Bridge collapsed and fractured my flagpole. Even that night, with a power pole append the tree, a new flag pole was erected. Also that night, the sapper soldiers and militia hydro 126A Division North demarcation line used blasting demolish southside flagpole, flag permanently terminate three rods of the Saigon puppet demarcation sky.
For several years, after each battle, broken flagpoles, flags were shrapnel, shells tearing away a new flag pole, a new flag was replaced.
In the fight to defend the fatherland flag on the demarcation line of the bridge. I have fought a battle over 300 large and small, 3 times captured enemy commandos crossing mined destructive flagpole, two armed police and soldiers died, eight were injured, 11 militants Hien Luong flag fell to the Fatherland always exist in the sky frontiers [2].
Not to mention Mother Nguyen Thi Diem, doctor Nguyen Duc Lang ... who sew her, and she in bombs.
Count "from 19.05.1956 to 10.08.1967, have been hung all 267 flags of all kinds" [3]. The next year, the police and soldiers have more 11 times reconstructed wooden flagpole from 12 to 18 meters high, 42 times instead of flag ...
The bridge two paint:
Conspiracy to divide our country of beauty camouflage paint job is also shown through the bridge. Fa Hien Luong bridge rebuilt by 5- 1952, 178 meters long, 7 span, reinforced concrete cylinder, sphere pine flooring, 4 meters wide. Since the demarcation Ben Hai River, "Bridges divided into two parts, each 89m long, painted two different colors. North Coast including the bridge deck panels 450, 444 plate southside "(by writer Nguyen Tuan). Lines dividing South - North is a 1cm wide white painted lines do two domain boundaries. Daily police and police guarding the two regions, according to rotate through the complex mode.
To create the image dividing our country, US- Saigon government initiative blue painted half south bridge. But with the will "Country Unification" We just finished painting the first day, then at night, police one half painted in blue bridge north shore for a color harmony. Time after we left for the south bridge repainted part by brown. And so, the Hien Luong bridge the ever-changing colors. Every enemy painted a different color to create two contrasting colors, we repainted immediately into a common color.
"The war paint bridges" that lasted almost 5 years, finally Saigon government must succumb to the bridge paint a unified common. Action painted bridge is a political struggle to tell the reunification aspirations of our people and army.
War without gunfire between police and police frontiers Saigon:
The match wits and demarcation of the police to safeguard peace and the Saigon puppet police also very complicated and tense. According to the Geneva Agreement, each party has two police stations: Station Hien Luong, Cua Tung (north shore), and Cat Son Xuan Hoa station (southside) often called Don United. Each station has 16 policemen guarding and control security and police soat.Cong both banks have a responsibility to keep the regulation demilitarized zone, check passers frontiers.
Month 4-1960, a Saigon police organization into northern bank work; they are easy to hold textile la tattoo (net) of women Glory, defamatory north, the sister immediately responded bluntly: "You have eyes as blind, wicked US- Diem 10- Law 59 '[4] makes us not say anything. The irony is that the police and soldiers have to go with the enemy on a boat, sit at the same desk. There are times when the enemy forcibly crude, provocative threat to life, but the soldiers remained calm, fearless wits, fighting unmask the enemy base.
On 24.04.1962, the enemy incited religious priests and 150 migrants in the southern bank held protest rally northern regime, the soldiers immediately unmask me with words so convincing, tie wedding demonstrators to disperse. Cultural lifestyle and kindness of our soldiers were awakened many officers and soldiers called Saigon. Typically in May 7-1959, two police station from which he hung Cat Son, wind capsized boat; southside police watched his teammate in distress but not at, the police station in the northern bank of Cua Tung was quickly plunged into the river rescued two puppet policemen. That action has touched some southside police, do split our team. Thus, the police and soldiers have constructed many inline base in enemy.
Who wants to have a passport through by the two sides level station, only on the trade market, not going into the village. Every month on even numbered days, a group of police brought three books directly through the bridge to the southern bank, and on odd days, a group 3 puppet police into the north bank of exchange work. At Cua Tung station, each week the police both sides "to remove" once with a group 6 people. Each station has two people regularly online, a're a champion. By week's end, the two sides signed the minutes of the shore converter. Gone "online book ban" rumors Cua Tung is still kept at the museum in ruins shore Double Hien Luong - Ben Hai. Called the police station compound, Saigon is always sowing hatred and division; Our police are calling for solidarity and unity. At the station complex took place more stress struggle. Many times the Saigon police defamatory northern regime, using demagoguery, flattered seduce, entice people.
Month 4-1960, a Saigon police organization into northern bank work; they are easy to hold textile la tattoo (net) of women Glory, defamatory north, the sister immediately responded bluntly: "You have eyes as blind, wicked US- Diem 10- Law 59 '[4] makes us not say anything. The irony is that the police and soldiers have to go with the enemy on a boat, sit at the same desk. There are times when the enemy forcibly crude, provocative threat to life, but the soldiers remained calm, fearless wits, fighting unmask the enemy base.
On 24.04.1962, the enemy incited religious priests and 150 migrants in the southern bank held protest rally northern regime, the soldiers immediately unmask me with words so convincing, tie wedding demonstrators to disperse. Cultural lifestyle and kindness of our soldiers were awakened many officers and soldiers called Saigon. Typically in May 7-1959, two police station from which he hung Cat Son, wind capsized boat; southside police watched his teammate in distress but not at, the police station in the northern bank of Cua Tung was quickly plunged into the river rescued two puppet policemen. That action has touched some southside police, do split our team. Thus, the police and soldiers have constructed many inline base in enemy.
The war sounds:
Following the Geneva Agreement, to educate and mobilize people to fight to unify the country, we have to build a system of loudspeakers, distributed into 5 clusters throughout the length of 1,500 meters on the north bank. Each cluster 24 speakers of 25 W towards the south coast.
Following the Geneva Agreement, to educate and mobilize people to fight to unify the country, we have to build a system of loudspeakers, distributed into 5 clusters throughout the length of 1,500 meters on the north bank. Each cluster 24 speakers of 25 W towards the south coast.
Every day 24/24, this speaker system transmits program Voice of Vietnam, Vinh Linh Radio, the music, recitation, say rhymes, drama, folk songs, radio programs for team working ... very attractive. Who lived in the two banks of the Ben Hai years 1954- 1964 would still resound in the memories and folk vocalist Tri Thien Hue, sweet voice recitation of European artists Loan.
"Birds are injured tree forest far from Me roots / Cards distant day he looks forward to the night / In the station cards not he remember? / This addition is still awaited his business cards on"
Irritated, some weeks later, the US- Diem north side mounted speaker clusters by West Germany, Australia production of large capacity, play loud, overwhelming all of our speakers.
Loudspeaker systems our small capacity, no doors to be Vietnamese, Market Central Bridge ... That was an additional 8 doubles powerful speakers (50W) and a 250W power speakers to increase the accent. Thus, each time the enemy to fight the psychological tone, sound system found on the northern bank of our voices would drown. Furious enemy, beginning in 1960, an American speakers with great power given to the southside. They bragged: "Speakers 'said broken glass' will sonorous take Quang Binh, North shore residents clearly heard the voice of nationalism ...".
Unyielding. We've added speaker system includes a speaker with a diameter of 1.7 meters coronary speakers, 500W power, 20 speakers type 50W, 4 speakers type 250 W. To supply power to the speaker system has a total capacity of 7.000W This, we have built a 6 KVA high voltage line 10 kilometers long drag from Tien An village (Vinh Son) about to Tung Law (Vinh Giang) and a high-frequency station located 2.5 km from Hien Luong Bridge north to amplification for speaker systems. Speaker clusters placed on reinforced concrete pillars solidly. Particularly the "great speaker" 500W mounted on mobile vehicles. Once upon wind, speakers can transmit far 10 km, until Cho Bridge and Cua Vietnam, Gio An. Fellow South coast villages extremely happy because everyday they hear clearly the voice of northern familiar siblings.
To "sparring", US- Diem Ben Hai launched the war psychologically dangerous name. Every day we say from 14 to 15 hours, one or two o'clock in the morning opened the speakers at full capacity. Toan said the distorting history, praised "the president Ngo was injured citizens, patriots ...". While in the fields of Vinh Linh plows, pumps are operating, they are lu speaker: "Vietnamese Communist arrest buffaloes plowing instead ...." The name "psychological war" drawled named Phuong nightly. On a night 1963, 4 soldiers and policemen have secretly crossed the river, the southern bank relative directions, killing method name right now it is crying on loud speakers. Farmers are two sides of the heart lah, lah labor because they are from today being woken at midnight, not the infamous words, lies nua.Den 1965, when the North American yeast bomb, loudspeaker systems of both sides completely decommissioned.
The resistance of 21 years on the banks of the Hien Luong is the resistance against American full sacrifices and hardships of our army and people. A parallel 17th parallel of latitude to normal as others, but it is internationally known and interested, mark the 17th parallel dividing our country for 21 years. Peaceful reunification, people lose, people also; But the merits of military and civilian areas of the demarcation line be etched. Monuments sometimes endures forever Hien Luong shore with the noble values. December 1986, two banks relic rated Hien Luong National level. This is a bright spot in the itinerary of foreign tourists in search of nostalgia here to suffer a divided country, understand the power of a people fervently love peace, a willingness and desire independence freedom, to have a beautiful Vietnam today.
Each monument on the land of Quang Tri is an immortal epic of unyielding fighting spirit, courage cunning and creativity to death for the country for sacrifice of our army and people. Historical system revolution is invaluable spiritual wealth, have great significance not only for domestic but also for international profoundly, we must strive to preserve and embellish.
