Officers and staff of Team 192 examined and provided free medicine to Lao ethnic people.

Major Bui Khac Truong, driver of Team 192, is one of the few officers who have spent 5 seasons searching for missing persons on Laotian soil. During his 5 years of duty, the marches of several dozen kilometers in rugged mountainous terrain have become familiar to him. Difficulties, hardships, and even dangers always lurk, but the steps of the officers and soldiers of Team 192 have never retreated. For them, searching for missing persons on the Laotian battlefield is not only a sacred mission but also a noble responsibility.

Major Bui Khac Truong confided: The journey to find HCLS is an extremely difficult and arduous task, especially since the current information is located in remote and isolated locations deep in the forest; there are places where we have to march on foot for 3-4 days to get there. Despite the hardship, when we find HCLS, all our fatigue seems to disappear. For us, as long as we have a little information or a hope, no matter how difficult or arduous it is, we will try our best and be determined.

More than 800 villages and hamlets in Salavan and Sekong provinces are the locations and places that officers and soldiers of Team 192 have searched for over the years. To effectively carry out the work, in addition to the support and assistance of Laos, Team 192 must constantly stay close to the people and the hamlets. With the motto "4 close, 3 together" ("Stick to the people, stick to the area, stick to the government, stick to policies and guidelines" and "eat, live, study and speak the language of the friend"), how to make the friend understand, make the friend believe, create good feelings right from the first day. The unit always takes advantage of days off and breaks to help the people of the hamlets.

Team 192 has helped people with many tasks such as providing free medical examinations and medicine, repairing houses, schools, bridges, roads, helping people harvest rice, cassava, and coffee. At the same time, directly instructing the Military Command of the districts and the people on how to increase production, grow vegetables, fruit trees, etc., thereby not only creating trust but also strengthening the solidarity between the Vietnamese Army and the Lao People.

Lieutenant Colonel Ngo Tri Hung, Team 192 leader, said: The journey to find HCLS in Laos is increasingly difficult because information sources are increasingly scarce, and the locations provided by the information sources are all located in remote locations deep in the forest, with very few people passing by. Therefore, the Party Committee and the Command of Team 192 always determine that staying close to the people and villages to collect more information is a necessary and effective task. Therefore, the team's officers and staff have eaten, lived, worked, and spoken Lao together to create closeness; thereby propagating and mobilizing people to provide information about martyrs...

Article and photos: QUANG DAO

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