Thousands of boat trips up and down to transport soldiers and weapons to the South bank to serve the battlefield. Years passed, the militiamen used to stick here, the survivors and the dead. Living people still have their memories intact.
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Cassava does not discourage us Tung Luat wharf (codename is wharf B) in Vinh Giang commune, Vinh Linh district, Quang Tri. Mr. Tran Phu Kiem (73 years old) was born and raised on the boat station. Since 1964, he directly joined the Tung Luat militia company. He said, at one point in one day and night, the unit carried 2,000 soldiers across the river to the South bank to fight. You are ready to serve at any hour. 
Mr. Tran Phu Kiem told about a boat trip across the river that was hit by a magnetic bomb In 1968, the United States repeatedly sprayed magnetic bombs and bombs slowly exploded along the Ben Hai river at the right time when the soldiers crossed the river. There was a ferry carrying 22 soldiers across the river at 8:00 pm, bombed with magnetic bombs. The army’s boat went to the ambulance, also bombed, overturned … 11 people could not find the body, two days after the unit gathered, the brothers had to bring an air tank to scuba dive, finally found enough comrades. . From 1968-1971, Tung Luat militia company vigorously fought with enemy aircraft, serving the army to cross the river, sometimes even supplying goods to Con Co island. Together they swore to stay in the same area. On the day of fighting, at night, there were still entertainment activities, sometimes passionately singing and dancing, the sound of bombs rang right above the head. People evacuated all, in Tung Luat village there are only holes of bombs, food is not available, the brothers look for old cassava roots and put them in water to soak them, but the cassava is too old, some people cannot eat, so they go out to the bushes to find leaves Boats boiled to eat. The militia brothers said to each other: “Cassava does not make us discouraged / Bom My does not make us discouraged / Together determined to raise the will / Determined to maintain the homeland”. 9 years in the ground The same age as Mr. Kiem, Ms. Le Thi Nhung stayed at this pier from 1966-1975. At that time, the enemy bombarded them so much that there were no trees left to live. You have to dig tunnels. All activities are underground, only when doing new tasks up. Want to bring the soldiers across the river, they had to go at night because the enemy aircraft were in discussions during the day. In the rainy season, the water in the cellar rises and goes up to sleep. In the summer, I get a tennis player to hold the mosquitoes. 
Ms. Xu and her teammates lived for 9 years in the ground “Once I was sitting in a cellar with two soldiers, an enemy spy plane detected. I told them to run away, but they did not have orders to move and told me to run. About 50 meters away, the bombs fell into the cellar, I have not had time to ask your names and hometowns. When I returned, the shelter was only a deep bomb hole, everything was shattered, ”she said chokedly. Ms. Xu and her teammates lived for 9 years in the earth, rarely seeing the sun. When the country is at peace, they are extremely happy, can go to the ground, sit on the banks of the Ben Hai River peacefully watching the moonlight … Ms. Tran Thi Mao was a member of Tung Luat militia company since 1964 when she was 17 years old. In 1968, she was voted the victorious soldier of the unit, in 1969 she was sent to the Soviet Union to report the heroic Vinh Linh fire land representative on the Moscow radio station. Her family had two younger brothers who died in 1968, 1969 when they brought soldiers across the river … “I still remember the two sisters we were assigned to walk to Vinh Long (about 15 meters from Tung Luat) to download bullets. Up to Mui Lo bridge (Vinh Giang commune) discovered the bridge was destroyed by a large area of bombs, one of our artillery units had to camouflage artillery and tried to cross the bridge. 
Ms. Tran Thi Mao was a member of Tung Luat militia company since 1964, when she was 17 years old Looking towards the sea, seeing enemy aircraft glancing around, we predicted the possibility that they would be aimed at the artillery unit. The sisters did not know which direction, and kept on straight to Route 1 and ran while the enemy bombs exploded. On the second series of bombardment, a digging bomb fell in the middle of the road, just a few meters away from where the sisters lay. Soil covered our heads, but fortunately we survived. When the bombs stopped falling, the sisters left, continued to take and carry the bullets back to the pier ”. Generations of generations stood shoulder to shoulder, holding paddle across the river From mid-1967 to early 1973, Tung Luat wharf was placed under the direct leadership of Vinh Giang Party Committee and Commune Party Committee. There is a regular militia company of 80 people (up to 111 people at peak), staffed into 4 divisions: a detachment of rowing boat across the river, clearing bombs and mines; Transport and supply for Con Co; Anti-aircraft artillery protection; Digging tunnels, fortifications, trenches, camps, organizing ambulance, moving wounded soldiers, soldiers and gathering goods. The wharf is the shortest road connecting Vinh Linh with the battlefields of Gio Linh, Trieu Phong, Dong Ha … is close to the residential area, the terrain is mixed with low red hills, many trees, advantages for the army. and to gather goods, convenient to transport supplies for Con Co island, so it was chosen by the Vinh Linh Special Zone Military Command as a strategic point. 
Years passed, the militiamen used to stick here, the survivors and the dead. Living people still have their memories intact 
Tung Luat wharf, a heroic historical site It is for this reason that Tung Luat pier became the focus of the enemy attack. During the war years, on an area of less than 1,500 square meters of the pier, the enemy mobilized more than 1,200 groups of jet aircraft with more than 3,200 bombings, 7 times using B52 to spread carpet, 3 times to use toxic chemicals. quang, more than 1,500 times of shelling from Con Tien, Doc Mieu … There have been 2-3 generations of families standing shoulder to shoulder, holding and loading bullets. Father fell, son replaced, I sacrificed you had to follow. Just over 6 years, at this wharf, 29 children of Tung Luat fell down, blood and flesh mixed with the river and more than 40 people sent back part of their bodies. Under the rain of bombs, storms and bullets, the youth volunteer force ensured the continuous operation of the wharf to supply the South and the heroic Con Co island. At this wharf from 1968 – 1972, there were more than 78,000 boats returning … Pier B today is peaceful with coconut trees reflecting down the quiet river. The story of the past has become distant, but history is reminded by the golden pages of the deeds of silent heroes. They have dedicated their youthful beauty for this glorious task on this pier.
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