PANO – One of the bright examples for the heroism and bravery in the history of the Numberless Fleet and the Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea is the transport boat coded 235, captained by Hero of the Armed Forces, Phan Van Vinh, and related battles on March 1st, 1968. We would like to introduce the story that was told by one of the six surviving sailors of the crew: “Boat 235 was a high-speed transport boat that was built in China. The boat was installed in with comparatively modern equipment and weapons that could operate for a long time in high sea and could combat against adversary vessels. In the summer of 1966, I and some other comrades were entrusted to receive the boat in China. Nguyen Phan Vinh became the Captain of the boat. When we arrived in Hainan Island, China, we were trained for a time and assigned to hold different responsibilities on the boat. We were very happy being sailors on such a modern boat and all tried to train hard to quickly master it. In February 1968, the crew of boat 235 was ordered to transport weapons and supplies to the landing place of Hon…
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