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A model of the ship HQ-604 (Photo: SGGP) |
They spent a minute of silence to commemorate the fallen soldiers, offered incense and then released a paper boat with flowers on the Han River in memory of the combatants who sacrificed their lives for territorial integrity, maintaining the sovereignty of the sea and of the country.
At the ceremony, the paper model of the ship HQ-604 was made by veterans of the Liaison Board of Truong Sa Soldiers for the 1984 – 1988 period in Da Nang City, placed next to the memorial of the fallen soldiers, reminding of the image of the ship carrying 64 martyrs sunk to the seabed when China used force to illegally occupy Gac Ma Reef on the morning of March 14, 1988.
After the memorial ceremony, the martyrs' comrades and relatives floated the paper boat down the middle of the Han River towards the estuary.
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A model of the ship HQ-604 (Photo: SGGP) |
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War veterans and families of the martyrs offer incense and then release a paper ship with flowers on Han River in memory of the combatants (Photo: SGGP) |
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Veterans carry the paper ship to release in Han River (Photo: SGGP) |
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(Photo: SGGP) |
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Leaders of Da Nang City offer incense to express gratitude to 64 martyrs (Photo: SGGP) |
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A veteran looks at the memorial name (Photo: SGGP) |
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War veterans pay tribute to the 64 Gac Ma soldiers (Photo: SGGP) |
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After the incense offering ceremony, veterans release the paper boat in the river (Photo: SGGP) |
