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New breakthroughs in the search for fallen soldiers | Vietnam Today
New breakthroughs in the search for fallen soldiers | Vietnam Today
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Nearly 60 years after losing their
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brother during the offensive, a family
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in Tay Ninh has been given new hope.
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>> And this couldn't have been done without
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the wartime belongings recovered from a
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mass grave at Le Thi Rieng Park in Ho
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Chi Minh City. The belongings have led
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investigators to a fallen soldier whose
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name differs by just one letter from the
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family's records. They are now waiting
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for DNA results that could finally bring
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him home.
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>> Growing up in a family of 11 children,
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Huynh Thi Le still remembers the day her
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mother told her that her second oldest
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brother, Huynh Van Quy, who enlisted at
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18, had been killed in action.
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My mother told us my brother had died
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near the E bridge. She said many
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soldiers were buried together in mass
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graves. We never knew where to look.
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For nearly six decades, the family had
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no clues. That changed when search teams
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uncovered personal belongings bearing
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the name Huynh Van Quy during
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excavations at Le Thi Rieng Park.
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>> For 60 years, we didn't know where he
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was. Our parents passed away without
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ever finding him.
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>> The discovery has brought hope, but also
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uncertainty. DNA tests are still needed
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to confirm the identity. Even so, the
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new lead is more than the family had had
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dared hope for.
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We're so happy. We just want to bring my
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brother home and hold a proper memorial
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for him.
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Investigators also found a discrepancy
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in the record. The death notice lists
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the name Huynh Van Quy, while the
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national certificate of merit and the
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recovered belongings bear the name Huynh
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Van Quy. Officials say the soldier's
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hometown, family details, and military
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records all match.
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>> There was an error in the documents.
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Once the correct name is confirmed,
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[music] we'll update the records so they
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are consistent.
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>> For the family of Phung Van Quyen, the
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DNA results are only part of the
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journey. What they long for most is to
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call their brother by his rightful name
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and finally bring him home.
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>> The story just now is actually a part of
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the 500-day and night campaign. And
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staying with the campaign, three sets of
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fallen soldiers' remains have been
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recovered during an ongoing search
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operation in Quang Ngai province
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following fresh evidence about a
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battlefield dating back to the 1968 Tet
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Offensive. The remains were discovered
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while excavation work was underway at
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the Doc Gam Military Cemetery. Over the
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past month, search teams have
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investigated more than 45 locations
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around the cemetery and along Truong
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Chinh Street. The search was launched
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after a U.S. veteran shared new
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information about the site.
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Investigators then matched his accounts
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with declassified aerial photographs,
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military maps, and witness testimonies.
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>> [music]
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>> They believe the area may contain the
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remains of around 90 soldiers who were
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killed during the 1968 Tet Offensive.
