THE “LITTLE GUARDS” WHO WERE DETERMINED TO BRAVE DEATH IN 60 DAYS AND NIGHTS TO PROTECT THE CAPITAL

“Nearly two hundred teenagers refused to evacuate but stayed in Hanoi to do tasks such as communication, navigation, annunciation, command, and fighting side by side with the Capital Regiment from the very beginning of the resistance against the invaders. They were “Little Guards” - patriotic teenagers who were very worthy of the tradition of “young ages with big mind”, with the oath “Determined to Brave Death for the Survival of the Fatherland” in the resilient struggle of 60 days and nights to protect Hanoi Capital and open the resistance of our nation against the French colonialists”. Those are the words dedicated by General Vo Nguyen Giap to the “Little Guards” - “young capital boy who were determined to brave death”