In the morning of April 21, at Huynh Van Duc's house (the son of Huynh Thi Sau - the name often called Sau Ngau) in An Thanh ward, Thuan An town, the traditional committee of the 27th Regiment in Ho Chi Minh City and the region The Southeast held a traditional meeting, gratitude and exchange of characters in the book "The lamp in the storm of fire" by Pham Xuan Truong. Attending the meeting were Senior Lieutenant General, Academician and Doctor of Military Science Nguyen Huy Hieu, former Deputy Minister of Defense.
Senior Lieutenant General, Academician, Doctor of Military Science Nguyen Huy Hieu, former Deputy Minister of Defense and Veterans of the 27th Regiment visited the grave of Sau Ngau.
At the meeting, Lt. Col. Tran Dinh Nham, former battalion of 6th Infantry Battalion, 27th Regiment, said that in February 1968, Military Region 4 Command established 27th Infantry Regiment in time. support for the Southern battlefield (now the 27th Regiment, 390th Division, 1st Corps). From 1968-1974, 27th Regiment participated in the battle of Quang Tri battlefield on the front of B5, directly liberated 2 districts of Trieu Phong and Hai Lang, Quang Tri. By the beginning of 1975, in the 320B formation, 1st Corps, Regimental Regiment, exceeded 1,700km to join the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign, completely liberating the South, unifying the country. In the historic day of April 30, if there was no map of the Saigon Citadel and the information provided by Sau Ngom, perhaps today, the heroic history of the 27th Regiment had to be rewritten. Therefore, every year on April 30, the 27th Regiment Veterans surpassed thousands of kilometers from all parts of the country here to review old memories together and offer incense to commemorate Sau Ngau and Chua Meo has merit with the country, with the regiment.
On this occasion, the author Pham Xuan Truong also released the book "The lamp in the storm of fire" written on Sau Ngau's . The work consists of 2 parts. Part 1 depicts the life of Sau Ngau's during the period of very fierce secret operation that the main point of closure was the victory on the night of April 29, 1975, when the 27th Regiment (320B Division, 1st Corps) arrived. Thuan Giao commune received from Sau Ngau, the capital map of Saigon with all the details marking the road, the position of the garrison, the layout of battlefields, the firepower points ... Part two wrote about memories of comrades and relatives return to Sau Ngau's .
Reported by Thu Thao – Translated by Vi Bao
