Au Trieu - little Mrs. Trieu, was inherited by General Vo Nguyen Giap from the patriot Phan Boi Chau, taking the indomitable example of Trieu Thi Trinh - the heroine who fought against the Ngo invaders in the 3rd century.
Senior Lieutenant General Vu Lap and his wife Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc in Son La in 1949.
Every time he mentions his mother, Mr. Vu Minh Truc cannot help but shed tears. The day his mother sent him off to school exactly 70 years ago (1953), neither mother nor son expected that it would be the day they would part forever. In Mr. Vu Minh Truc's memory, the image of his mother standing on the Coc Leu suspension bridge (Lao Cai) waving goodbye to her first-born son who was sent downstream by raft to China to study at Lu Son Children's School (Que Lam) still appears: "Truc, go to school well!". The raft carried the 7-year-old Vu Minh Truc, who was drifting away when he could no longer see his mother. During the 5 years of studying at Lu Son Children's School, student Vu Minh Truc still received letters from his mother telling stories about his family, about the country... A few years later, he learned that those were letters that his father Vu Lap regularly wrote on behalf of his mother.
Mrs. Bich Ngoc passed away when she was only in her 30s, however, her name is still remembered by her comrades and recorded in the history of the Vietnam People's Army. In a confirmation document, General Vo Nguyen Giap confirmed: Sent by Uncle Ho to work in Hoa An (later in Nguyen Binh and Bac Kan), comrade Van (the alias of General Vo Nguyen Giap when he was still working secretly) opened the first Viet Minh training class in Nam Tuan commune, Hoa An district. Participating in that training class were Mr. Bang Giang (later became Lieutenant General, Deputy Inspector General of the Army) and a number of local cadres, including female cadre Be Thi Muot, who had participated in the revolution since the end of 1941.
"Later, she left her family, joined the armed forces, then the liberation army in Cao Bang; married General Vu Lap - the platoon leader of the Vietnam Liberation Army... (Commander of Regiment 148 and then Commander of Military Region 2) - General Vo Nguyen Giap wrote - She became a soldier of the regiment, worked as a platoon leader nurse, contracted malaria at the Dien Bien Phu front and died at a rear hospital (possibly Military Hospital 9). From the time she joined the revolution until the entire time she was a soldier of the liberation army, platoon leader of Regiment 148, she completed the assigned tasks and wholeheartedly helped comrade Lap in carrying out his tasks".
Looking for his mother through the memories of his parents' comrades, Mr. Vu Minh Truc was confirmed by Mr. Trinh Cong San - former Chief of Military Medicine of the Special Forces Command, former Chief of Military Medicine of Regiment 148 (Northwest Military Region): "I worked with Ms. Ngoc (wife of comrade Vu Lap - Commander of Regiment 148) from the Northwest campaign in 1952 to the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954, when Ms. Ngoc became seriously ill due to exhaustion and had to be transferred to the rear... Later, when we heard that Ms. Ngoc had passed away, we were extremely saddened, the merit of the first female liberation soldier had passed away too soon".
Mrs. Dam Thi Loan (wife of General Hoang Van Thai) added: On September 5, 1945, the Hoang Dieu female self-defense platoon (Hanoi) was established. This was the first female self-defense platoon in the capital after the successful revolution. The female platoon was very enthusiastic, quickly leaving all urban activities to get used to military life. The women brought their most valuable jewelry to buy clothes and weapons for themselves and their units. The Minh Khai self-defense platoon - named after a famous female revolutionary soldier - was led by Mrs. Dam Thi Loan as platoon leader and Mrs. Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc as deputy platoon leader. Both women were assigned to be in charge of military affairs. Messrs. Do Duc Kien, Dang Quoc Bao, Le Trung Toan, and Hoang Phuong in the City Team were very interested in the female self-defense platoon. At every meeting, they invited the commander of the female self-defense platoon to the City Team to discuss work. Over time, the number of female self-defense teams in the city grew more and more. Training work became urgent. Mrs. Dam Thi Loan and Mrs. Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc discussed organizing concentrated training classes for each course. Each course trained a platoon of about 40 female cadres, with food and accommodation concentrated. The money and rice were taken care of by the City Team.
Passed away in 1954 at the age of 30, her grave is now located at the martyrs' cemetery in Ha Hoa district, Phu Tho. Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc was awarded the third-class Victory Medal by the Government (1958).
"Ms. Ngoc worked with me in Cao Bang, in the Southern Advance Team and then the New Southern Propaganda Team, and with the liberation army participated in the general uprising from Tan Trao to Hanoi" (Memoirs of Ms. Dam Thi Loan).
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