Search for Fallen Soldiers in Minh Duc (Dong Nai): Numerous Artifacts Discovered

Search teams in Minh Duc commune, Dong Nai province, have unearthed a significant collection of artifacts while engaged in the recovery of fallen soldiers' remains from the K72 campaign. The ongoing operation, led by the K72 team of the Dong Nai Provincial Military Command, has yielded items that strongly suggest the presence of a mass grave.

Since July 15, the search efforts in Minh Duc have uncovered a variety of personal effects and military equipment. These include an AK rifle, six pens (one with an inscription), two canteens, four pairs of slippers, four teeth, and fragments of a belt. Notably, one ink pen bears the engraving of two doves and the initials "Tien Quy."

Further excavations near a previously discovered collective grave, where a worker had found an AK rifle, revealed more items such as bullets, tank fragments, and small bone fragments believed to be from fallen soldiers. The team awaits higher directives to proceed with the formal recovery, identification, and reburial of these remains.

Major General Tran Chi Tam, Deputy Political Commissar of Military Region 7 and head of the Steering Committee for Searching, Collecting, and Identifying Martyrs' Remains (Committee 515), visited the site with a delegation. He inspected the excavation area, paid respects at the site of the collective grave, and offered encouragement and gifts to the K72 team members.

Major General Tam urged the Dong Nai Provincial Military Command and Committee 515 to continue supporting the search teams. He emphasized the need to enhance forces and equipment to expand the search area, as this operation is part of a larger campaign aimed at locating and identifying martyrs' remains ahead of the 80th anniversary of the Day of War Invalids and Martyrs in 2027.

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