According to the Ho Chi Minh City Command's Martyrs' Remains Recovery Team, all available personnel have been deployed to the site as the excavation continues.
The excavation area has been expanded to five metres long, three metres wide and around two metres deep, with approximately 50 cu.m of soil removed. Each layer of earth is being excavated under strict procedures, while personal belongings are carefully collected to support historical research and efforts to identify the fallen soldiers.
Among the artefacts uncovered are ammunition boxes, notebooks, combs, buttons, hammocks and other military belongings.
The field operation is being carried out alongside efforts to gather historical records. On the same day, the city's Steering Committee for the Search, Recovery and Identification of Martyrs' Remains received wartime documents and memorabilia donated by a research team from Texas Tech University in the US.
The newly acquired archives are expected to help authorities cross-check historical records, fill information gaps and assist in identifying the remains recovered at the site.
The Ho Chi Minh City Command plans to further expand the excavation on July 10, with each new discovery expected to contribute to historical research and bring authorities closer to identifying soldiers who have remained missing for nearly six decades.
