On a trip visiting heroine La Thi Tam – the person who was
the direct inspiration for the song “Nguoi con gai song la”, Minister of health
Nguyen Kim Tien sung this song to her.
On a special occasion going back to Ha Tinh to attend 50th
anniversary of Dong Loc victory, Minister of health Nguyen Kim Tien visited
heroine La Thi Tam who is now 69 year old, living in Nam Ha, Ha Tinh.
After offering a few words of encouragement and paying
compliments to the heroine, Ms Tien surprised her by singing the song “Nguoi
con gai song la” as a way to show great respect for her sacrifice and struggle
for national liberation and reunification during the war against foreign invaders.
While Ms Tien was singing, heroine Tam and other people who are leaders of
department of health took part in by giving her a clap following the song. The
two women started to hug each other when Ms Tien finished the famous song.
Heroine Tam’s Birthplace was in Vinh Loc in Ha Tinh Province.
At 18 years old, she joined the army and became a regular member of combatant
unit 2 of combatant forces at the Đồng Lộc T-junction battlefield. During the
war, she was assigned the task of standing on a high mountain to count the
number of bombs dropped by US army.
In 1970 on a visit to Ha Tinh, Doan Nho musician who directly
witnessed the high mountain where the heroine hold responsibility for
collecting information of the numbers of dropped bombs and missiles at Đồng Lộc
T-junction every day and with a strong feeling for this legendary place, he
wrote “Nguoi con gai song la” which he later confessed that he found a source
of inspiration from heroine La Thi Tam as a main character and ideas for the
song.
Several months after hearing about the song, heroine La Thi
Tam emotionally shared that this was the victory of every Thanh – Nghe – Tinh
female soldiers who are brave and
undaunted but not only her.
Reference source for this post:
https://vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/thoi-su/bo-truong-y-te-hat-nguoi-con-gai-song-la-tang-anh-hung-la-thi-tam-3781509.html
https://vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/thoi-su/bo-truong-y-te-hat-nguoi-con-gai-song-la-tang-anh-hung-la-thi-tam-3781509.html
https://vietnamnews.vn/society/462134/dong-loc-t-junction-victory-50-years-later.html#U27bhhfr3BsI1klp.97
"NGUOI CON GAI SONG LA"
"NGUOI CON GAI SONG LA"
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