The family has a mother and son who are both heroes, and a father and son who are both police generals.

That is the family of Vietnamese Heroic Mother Le Thi My and her son, Major General Phan Van Lai. Mother Le Thi My and son Phan Van Lai were both awarded the title of hero, and Mr. Phan Van Lai and his son are both generals in the police force.

Photo of Vietnamese Heroic Mother Le Thi My restored in color

The color-restored portrait of Vietnamese Heroic Mother Le Thi My was restored by the Liaison Committee of the Public Security supporting the Southern battlefield during the resistance war against the US to save the country in coordination with the Soldier's Heart Organization and presented to museums along with 7 other heroes in the public security sector on September 5.

Special family, mother and daughter received the title of hero one day

Vietnamese Heroic Mother Le Thi My (1901 - 1989) was born in Truc Ninh, Nam Dinh (old), into a poor patriotic farming family.

She had four sons. Her eldest son was a liberation soldier in the Tran Hung Dao War Zone and heroically sacrificed his life on the Route 5 front in Hai Duong during the resistance war against the French colonialists.

During the resistance war against the US, mother Le Thi My encouraged her three remaining sons to join the army and fight in the Southern battlefield. Her youngest son also heroically sacrificed his life in the battlefield of Zone V in 1970.

Another son of the mother, Major General Phan Van Lai, was also awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces by the Party and State.

In 2016, the Party Committee and government of Phuong Dinh commune, Truc Ninh district, Nam Dinh (old) solemnly held a ceremony to simultaneously receive the title of Heroic Vietnamese Mother for Le Thi My and the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces for Major General Phan Van Lai.

A mother and son receiving the title of hero on the same day is a rare case.

Major General Phan Van Lai is healthy and clear-minded, launching a book at the age of 95 - Photo: T.DIEU

Father and son are police generals, 95-year-old father launches book

There are also rare families where both father and son are promoted to general officer rank in the People's Public Security force like the family of Major General Phan Van Lai, son of Le Thi My.

Major General Phan Van Lai is former Deputy Director General of the General Department of Force Building , Ministry of Public Security , former Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Public Security.

Currently 95 years old and 75 years of Party membership, he still holds the important responsibility of Head of the Public Security Liaison Committee supporting the Southern battlefield during the resistance war against the US to save the country.

This is an organization representing about 12,000 elite police officers who volunteered to “go to B” during the resistance war against the US. Thousands of people have sacrificed their lives and gone missing.

He has an eldest son, Major General Phan Quoc Thai, born in 1957, former Director of Security Logistics Department 1 - Ministry of Public Security.

On this occasion, Major General Phan Van Lai launched his memoir Battlefield and Homeland .

This book is written in the memoir genre, telling about the life and career of Major General Phan Van Lai with many rich contents, but the highlight is the patriotic tradition of his homeland and family, and the outstanding achievements of his comrades such as Bay Khiem and Le Van Tri (later posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces by the State)...

Phan Van Lai's memoir Battlefield and Homeland - Photo: T.DIEU

Seven restored color photos of other heroes and martyrs in the police force were also donated to museums.

That was comrade To Quyen (1929 - 1996), representing the generation of police officers who participated in the resistance war against France and supported the Southern battlefield in the resistance war against America.

Heroic martyr Bui Xuan Quy (1954 - 1984), representing generations of People's Public Security officers who sacrificed their lives in crime prevention.

Heroic martyr Nguyen Van Uan (1948 - 1972), representing the police force, sacrificed for national security and peaceful people's lives, during the resistance war against the US in the North.

Presenting color portraits of 8 heroic Vietnamese mothers and heroes in the People's Public Security force - Photo: T.DIEU

Heroic martyr Nguyen Kim Vang (1944 - 1972), representing the generation of police officers who were children of Southern cadres who gathered in the North.

Heroic martyr Tran Van Tho (1935 - 1961), representative of the People's Armed Police force operating in the border area (now the Border Guard).

Heroic martyr Ta Van Sau (1928 - 1960), representative of the Southern Armed Security Forces in the resistance war against America.

Heroic martyr Nguyen Hoa Luong (1918 - 1952), representative of the Southern Volunteer Police force in the resistance war against France.

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