Remains of 106 soldiers repatriated from Cambodia
VOV.VN - The remains of 106 soldiers killed in Cambodia during the past war with the US have been returned to Vietnam and interred at a national cemetery in the southern Vietnam Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap.
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Notable guests at the event included representatives from Military Zone 9, the National Steering Committee 1237, the Dong Thap Province People’s Committee and Team 91 K of Dong Thap Province.
Speaking at the ceremony, Doan Tan Buu, vice chair of provincial people’s committee, said the remains were discovered in the Cambodian provinces of Prey Veng and Pursat where they were killed by bomb blasts during US military air campaigns.
He thanked Team 91 K members and the 1237 Steering Committee for their exhaustive multi-year effort to search for, identify and return the remains of the soldiers so they could properly be laid to their final resting place in their homeland.
