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Detail of one of the wooden pillars of the three-door temple gate of the Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs, bearing the words of the Vietnamese poet Bao Dinh Giang..The memorial complex was built to honour the contributions of the soldiers and people who sacrified their lives in the Saigon - Gia Dinh region during the anti-American and the anti-French struggles. The names of 44,520 revolutionary martyrs are carved with gilded letters into a granite stone tablet in the main temple, including Vietnamese mothers, heroes, and revolutionary martyrs, and 9,322 revolutionary martyrs from other provinces and cities. Cu Chi, Vietnam

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Image Size: 466x700 / 143.3KB; Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs war memorial wooden pillar Bao Dinh Giang monument War Martyrs pagoda Saigon Gia Dinh American War Vietnam War Cu Chi Ho Chi Minh City Saigon Vietnam
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Detail of one of the wooden pillars of the three-door temple gate of the Ben Duoc Monument to War Martyrs, bearing the words of the Vietnamese poet Bao Dinh Giang..The memorial complex was built to honour the contributions of the soldiers and people who sacrified their lives in the Saigon - Gia Dinh region during the anti-American and the anti-French struggles. The names of 44,520 revolutionary martyrs are carved with gilded letters into a granite stone tablet in the main temple, including Vietnamese mothers, heroes, and revolutionary martyrs, and 9,322 revolutionary martyrs from other provinces and cities. Cu Chi, Vietnam