(Cinet)- On forty-year anniversary of the event, an exhibition titled “The 1968 Tet Offensive – A Historic Turn” is open to the public at the Vietnam Military History Museum on January 15, 2008.
objects of Le kha PhieuWith 376 objects and historical documentary material, the exhibition focuses on the four following subjects:
- The leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President Ho Chi Minh and the Central Military Commission, under which the event was launched.
-The preparation made by our army and people for the Tet Offensive with the spirit “all for the front, all for victory”
- The development of the General Offensive and Uprising in all cities, towns or military bases especially the attack on Khe Sanh, Hue and Saigon.
- Tet Offensive-the historic turn of the 21-year resistance war.
The exhibition displays key object s on the artillery, sapper, tank, army engineer forces and the people in many localities. Exhibits include many recently collected artifacts such as the notebook, compass, broad- brimmed cap used by Mr. Le Kha Phieu, former general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, during the Offensive and Uprising in Tri Thien – Hue. Having preserved these objects for forty years, he presented them to the Vietnam military HistoryMuseum telling many impressive stories relating to his objects.
The exhibition section on the offensive in Saigon shows images and objects of the sappers who attacked the Saigon Radio Station, the Presidential Palace, and the US Embassy. Artifacts on display are money notes used as secret signal, shotguns, clothes to disguise especially the pedicab transporting a bulk of rubber in which weapons and secret documents were hidden, to inner Saigon.
The exhibition is open from January 15 to
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