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Hill 722 – Dak Sak was designated a national historical relic by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2012.
Society

July at Hill 722 – Dak Sak

Drawing on eyewitness memories and traces of the old battlefield, this July, the historic revolutionary site of Hill 722 in Dak Sak Commune, Lam Dong Province, has once again welcomed working teams quietly making their way across hillsides and local farms to cross-check maps, conduct surveys, identify coordinates and search for the nation’s fallen heroes who still remain buried there.

During the years of the resistance war against the US, in response to the sacred call of the nation, tens of thousands of officials, intellectuals and artists from northern Viet Nam, as well as southern officials who had regrouped in the North earlier, set aside their family responsibilities and personal lives, leaving behind what they cherished most in order to head south and join the struggle.
Pictures

In Pictures: “Leaving youth behind” to set out with faith in National Reunification

More than half a century has passed, yet 72,000 files and personal keepsakes of officials assigned to the B Front have been preserved intact as an inseparable part of the nation's history. The exhibition “Leaving youth behind” brings together both witnesses and historical artefacts, while serving as a bridge between generations and spreading the noble ideal of dedicating one's life to the homeland.

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