An Australian veteran, Derrill De Hꦜeer, has been in Vietnam to look for the author of 38 sketches of Vietnamese soldiers, that were found after a battle in Ba Ria-Vung Ta♑u during the war.
The sketches were kept by a group of Australian veterans who are involved in the Vietnam Missing 🦋in Action project, which has been conducted by the University of New South Wales and the Australian Defense Force Academy for six years.
Derrill De Heer, who works as a volunteer for the project, brought the sketches to Vietnam with the hope of finding the💫 author to return them to him, if he is still alive. If he is not, De Heer wants the sketches to go to his closest family.
According to paintꦕer Nguyen Thi Hien, the 38 pencil sketches, which described the daily activities of the soldiers, cou🌄ld be drawn by an art student, judging on the artistic skill shown. She said two of her classmates at the Hanoi Fine Art school joined the army and fought in the southern battle field and one laid down his live there.
“If the sketches are made public, I think we caꦑn find tꦑhe author,” she said.
Earlier, in April, De Heer, who served in southern Vietnam in 1970, delivered to the Informatio𝓀nNetwork on Martyrs (MARIN) in Hanoi a file related to suspectedburial sites of Vietnamese fallen soldiers.
The veteran also handed over a list of 500 ☂fallen Vietnamese soldiers with their names and date of death on the battle field of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.🗹
In March, Derrill present꧑ed to the mother of martyr Phan V💟an Nhon in Dong Nai province, her son’s belongings.
After the event, the Australian side launched a large-scale campaig♚n to seek and return the belꦫongings of Vietnamese fallen soldiers.-VNA
The sketches were kept by a group of Australian veterans who are involved in the Vietnam Missing 🦋in Action project, which has been conducted by the University of New South Wales and the Australian Defense Force Academy for six years.
Derrill De Heer, who works as a volunteer for the project, brought the sketches to Vietnam with the hope of finding the💫 author to return them to him, if he is still alive. If he is not, De Heer wants the sketches to go to his closest family.
According to paintꦕer Nguyen Thi Hien, the 38 pencil sketches, which described the daily activities of the soldiers, cou🌄ld be drawn by an art student, judging on the artistic skill shown. She said two of her classmates at the Hanoi Fine Art school joined the army and fought in the southern battle field and one laid down his live there.
“If the sketches are made public, I think we caꦑn find tꦑhe author,” she said.
Earlier, in April, De Heer, who served in southern Vietnam in 1970, delivered to the Informatio𝓀nNetwork on Martyrs (MARIN) in Hanoi a file related to suspectedburial sites of Vietnamese fallen soldiers.
The veteran also handed over a list of 500 ☂fallen Vietnamese soldiers with their names and date of death on the battle field of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.🗹
In March, Derrill present꧑ed to the mother of martyr Phan V💟an Nhon in Dong Nai province, her son’s belongings.
After the event, the Australian side launched a large-scale campaig♚n to seek and return the belꦫongings of Vietnamese fallen soldiers.-VNA
