HIEN LUONG FLAGPOLE IN VIETNAM

Hien Luong flagpole, Keep the national flag always flying on the shore of Hien Luong Bridge.

Hien Luong flagpole. Keep the national flag always flying on Hien Luong flagpole, Hien Luong Bridge wharf . During the war against the US (1954-1975), the 17th parallel was a military demarcation line that temporarily divided the country into two North and South regions. Hien Luong flagpole was built on the north bank of the Ben Hai River as a symbol of faith, will and strength, the unification of the Vietnamese nation .

In order to keep the national flag always flying in the sky on the North bank, officers and soldiers of the People's Armed Police (CANDVT) Hien Luong Station at that time bravely fought and sacrificed to protect the Hien Luong Flagpole  . Flagpole Hien Luong Bridge.

• Inauguration ceremony of the Monument of Soldiers of the Armed People's Public Security Guard protecting the front line
• Checking the construction progress of the monument to the soldiers of the People's Public Security Forces protecting the front line

Hien Luong flagpole, Hien Luong Bridge flagpole today. 

Hien Luong station of Vinh Linh Military Police Area is responsible for protecting the flag and controlling the road No. 1, the section crossing Hien Luong Bridge . During the sabotage war, the enemy focused on raiding the bridge area, Hien Luong Flagpole and destroying Hien Luong Police Station, but officers and soldiers of the People's Armed Police always upheld the spirit of vigilance, bravery, ingenuity and fighting spirit. Defeat all enemy plots. Protect  Hien Luong Flagpole .

The national flag at Hien Luong Flagpole at that time was 12m long and 8m wide. Keeping the national flag regularly flying over the temporary demarcation line is a demonstration of the strength of the North and the aspiration of the people on the south bank of the Ben Hai River to reunite. Seeing the flag is the Southern compatriots like seeing the Party, Uncle Ho and the revolution beside. Realizing that heavy responsibility, officers and soldiers of Hien Luong Police Station have put their best efforts to protect the safety of the bridge and flagpole areas, resolutely fighting to defeat all plots of provocative activities and war. enemy mentality.

The red flags with yellow stars flew high in the sky of Vinh Linh as a threat to the enemy, so during the years of destructive war, they poured thousands of tons of destructive bombs on the flagpole area. Once they gathered 12 planes to hit the flagpole for 2 days and nights. A section on the top of the pole was broken, officials and soldiers took the initiative to tie the flag to a bamboo tree and then put it up and plug it into the remaining cylinder. The enemy knocked down the flagpole, and the soldiers quickly tied the flag to the top of the only remaining casuarina tree. The casuarina tree was broken, and the flagpole was tied to a bamboo tree tied to speaker poles and electric poles. Each time, officers and soldiers bravely and cleverly faced the enemy's bombs and bullets.

With the efforts and efforts of officers and soldiers, Hien Luong Police Station was honored to be honored by the National Assembly Standing Committee and the President of the State with the title of Heroic Unit of the People's Armed Forces on August 25th. 1970.

Later, the enemy attacked more fiercely, all tall trees were broken, officers and soldiers had to go 7km away to cut casuarinas and bring them back to make flagpoles. There were nights when officers and soldiers had to carry trees to cross the B52 bomb site to set up immediately so that the next day the flag could be raised early. Just like that, officers and soldiers of Hien Luong Police Station had to rebuild the flagpole 11 times. The enemy attacked, the leash, the rope pulling the flag was broken, and the comrades rushed out to connect on the spot. Around the pole is a field of bombs, slow-explosive bombs, artillery from the South bank continuously firing, but officers and soldiers are still brave and clever to find ways to raise the flag. The more we hung it up, the more the enemy increased bombardment and provocation in order to tear the national flag. In order to have the flag hang while the superiors could not bring it back in time, many officers and soldiers had to swim to the middle of the Ben Hai river to pick up each piece of the flag and bring it back to mend it and mobilize the people to help.

With high determination and the spirit of resilience, courage, creative intelligence, officers and soldiers of Hien Luong Police Station have firmly maintained Hien Luong Flagpole, Hien Luong  Bridge Flagpole , for the national flag that never stops. flying in the sky of Vinh Linh of the Socialist North.

In protecting the border, in addition to protecting the Hien Luong Flagpole, Hien Luong  Bridge Flagpole, keeping the flag flying, officers and soldiers of Hien Luong Police Station always firmly grasp the Geneva Agreement, persistently struggle to defeat all propaganda, distortion and provocation plots of the enemy.

In the course of work, to fulfill their political tasks, officers and soldiers of Hien Luong Police Station always rely on the masses, mobilizing the people to build a line of defense and security. The station actively helps localities to build mass organizations such as youth, women and children to serve as an eye-and-eye basis for the struggle to preserve national security in the border areas, actively helping local local authorities to build commune police forces and militia to cooperate with the station to fight to protect the line. Officers and soldiers of Hien Luong Police Station have always been trusted, loved and wholeheartedly supported by the Party, government and local people. The station also always has close relationship with other forces to fight and maintain the Hien Luong Flagpole, Hien Luong Bridge Flagpole.

Officers and soldiers of Hien Luong Police Station and people mend the national flag. Photo: Documentation

In order to protect and maintain the national flag flying over the border area while the enemy was always trying to knock down the flagpole, the soldiers of Hien Luong Military Police Station fought more than 300 big and small battles. Many officers, soldiers and people bravely sacrificed themselves to protect the flag. In particular, there are many touching examples of people in the border areas who did not mind hardships and sacrifices to perform noble deeds for the country's flag that was always flying like mother Nguyen Thi Diem had stayed up all night to save her life. patching the flag under the rain of bombs and bullets of the enemy. According to statistics, from 1956 to 1967, we flew all 267 flags of all sizes, of which, in 1967 alone, there were 11 times when the flagpole was changed, 42 times when the flag was changed because it was damaged by bombs and artillery of the US and puppetry. .

In 2005, on the occasion of the whole country's 30th anniversary of National Reunification Day, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province organized the reconstruction of the prototype Hien Luong flagpole with a red flag with a yellow star with an area of ​​75m2 in Hien Luong village, Vinh Thanh commune. (North bank of Ben Hai River). Hien Luong flagpole, Hien Luong Bridge flagpole, currently made according to the most complete Hien Luong flagpole prototype, has a height of 38m, in which, the tower is 11.5m high.

Today, on the north bank of Hien Luong Bridge, a historical monument is built to remember the merits of officers and soldiers of the People's Armed Forces (now the Border Guards) during the anti-American period, heroically saving the country forever. into the history of the Border Guard and the whole nation. Hien Luong Flagpole, Hien Luong Bridge Flagpole.

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