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TRAN VAN ON - Saigon Student - VC MARTYR PROPAGANDA POSTER - 1950 - Vietnam War:
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The Story of TRAN VAN ON

Tran Van On was born on May 29, 1931 and died on January 9,1950 as a student at Petrus Ky school was shot dead in the protests of Saigonstudents in early 1950 by the French authorities. His death resonated greatly,having a wide impact in the fighting movement of the Saigon people afterwards.He was awarded the title of Hero of the People\'s Armed Forces in 2000.

Tran Van On was born in 1931 , in Phuoc Thanh commune, ChauThanh district, Ben Tre province. His father is Mr. Tran Van Nghia is alow-level civil servant, his mother is Mrs. Huynh Thi Tu.

As a child, he attended primary school in My Tho town , thenmoved with his family to stay at 322/10, Verolun Street, Saigon. Most of hisbrothers and sisters participated in the revolutionary movement, including Ms.Tran Thi Le, who died in 1948.

In August 1945 , he passed the entrance exam to the firstyear of elementary school at Petrus Ky School . In the school year 1948 - 1949, he finished his third year of high school, passed the French first level (Brevet du 1er cycle ). By the school year 1949 - 1950 , when he was in thefourth year of elementary school, Tran Van On was specially promoted to theBoard of Baccalaureate ( seconde class, equivalent to the current grade 10) ofthe school because he had a first-class degree. Tran Van On is considered to bea hard-working, respectful and polite student to his parents and teachers.Besides studying, he still enjoys social activities.

Since 1947, he participated in the school\'s patrioticstudent movement and joined the Vietnam-Southern Student Association. He is asecret member of the resistance group of inner-city resistance, and isresponsible for propagating and mobilizing students in the school toparticipate in activities against the French colonialists and pro-French government.He was considered a pillar of Patriotic School\'s patriotic student movement.

Before the 9th anniversary of the uprising of Cochinchina(November 23, 1940 - November 23, 1949), the French authorities kidnapped somestudents of Petrus Ky School, and 10 otherschools in Saigon on November 23, 1949. At this time, Tran Van On was preparingfor the baccalaureate examination, but he still actively led the student groupof Petrus Ky school to protest.

On January 9, 1950 , in Saigon , a large protest of morethan 6000 students-teachers and school teachers erupted, asking Prime MinisterTran Van Huu to immediately release the arrested students. At 13:00 that day,Prime Minister Tran Van Huu\'s government mobilized a large police force tosuppress the protest movement, bring water cannons and use batons to brutallybeat protesters. This persecution led to the arrest of 150 people, beating 30seriously injured on the spot . Not backing down in front of the enemy, TranVan On and some of his friends stalked forward loudly denouncing their crimes,while protecting the children behind. According to the Ben Tre province page,while carrying Ta Thi Thau from Truong Gia Long he was knocked out by thepolice, Tran Van On was hit by a bullet in the abdomen. According to Le TrungNghia on Tuoi Tre , Tran Van On was shot while supporting a student climbing apile of firewood stacked close to a fence . Together with other victims, he wastaken to Cho Ray Hospital for treatment, but due to his severe injury, he diedat 15:30 pm that day . At that time, Tran Van On was less than 19 years old.

The news of Tran Van On\'s immediate loss caused a stir amongSaigon students. Students were sent to protect Tran Van On\'s body at thehospital . This news also quickly became the focus and a series of major Saigonnewspapers reported.

After struggling to get the consent of the authorities, theschool\'s representative board and his family took his body back for three daysat the farewell home of Thuan Kieu Street . They set up an altar, placed apriest and decided to organize a funeral for Tran Van On right in Petrus Kyschool. All students of Pétrus Ký brought black tape to mourn him. From January10 to 12, hundreds of organizations of all sexes: workers, academics,merchants, civil servants, artists, journalists, students ... visited, burnedincense and laid wreaths. for him. In total there are over 300 wreaths, especiallyamong those French wreaths bearing the words \" Soldats démocrates \" (Democratic fighters ).

On January 12, 1950 , Tran Van On funeral was held, with thefuneral director being Professor Luu Van Lang. Tens of thousands of peoplegathered at Truong Vinh Ky school. More than 300,000 Saigon people took to thestreets to support. According to the General newspaper (dated January 14,1950), in order to respond to the funeral of Tran Van On, Vietnamese, Chinese,Indian and other private businesses were closed that day, and at the same timeThe car that took the people to the funeral did not take money, hundreds ofcyclo drivers voluntarily carried more than 300 garlands. Two delegates fromthe Central and North students also boarded a plane to attend the funeral.After gathering at 7:30, the group began to depart, going through the streetsof Saigon, to the farewell house of Thuan Kieu Street to receive his body.Students bring banners and pictures of Tran Van On. Leading the protest wereintellectuals such as Luu Van Lang , lawyers Trinh Dinh Thao , Nguyen Huu Tho..., and some French. An estimated 25,000 people went in the group, along witha lot of Saigon people on the two sides of the road to welcome. His coffin,after being removed from his house in goodbye, was taken to Cho Lon cemetery tobe buried.

At Cho Lon Cemetery, many songs are read to commemorate TranVan On. Among them, Eulogy of delegates of students, students have paragraph:

\" Wewill never forget January 9, the day that Don and his students, students werewilling to give their blood and bones in exchange for the freedom of thoseimprisoned. The spirit of Tran Van On is immortal! \" . ”

Tran Van On\'s funeral is considered to have become a\"demonstration of the forces of the Saigon patriots - Cholon\",against the French colonial government.

In February 1950 , at the first National Congress of theVietnam Youth Federation in Vietnam , it was decided to make January 9 everyyear a traditional day for Vietnamese students .

On January 11, 1979 , Prime Minister Pham Van Dong signed adecision to recognize martyrs for Tran Van On.

In March 2000 , Tran Van On was conferred the title of Heroof the People\'s Armed Forces.

His name has been given to roads and schools in Ho Chi MinhCity , Bien Hoa , Thanh Hoa and Dong Hoi . In addition, his name was also givento the Tran Van On Award, for professional and vocational students organized bythe Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union .

Rare - Hand Made Revolutionary PosterThis is an exceptionally rare, 1960\'s hand made poster, it is not laminated but covered in plastic, previous pin-holes show where it has been hung. It measures 19.5 x 15 inches. It will be sent in a protective roll to preserve this wonderful art piece.Made to be hung in secret revolutionary homes, barracks and tunnel complexes in the South, it was discovered in Bien Hoa at the home of old Female NLF Fighter. (Bien Hoa is North of Saigon and Cu Chi). I have done the best I can with the above translation from the original document. I am sure many can do much better. This piece is part of a small collection (8 different pieces) that were all made in the 1960\'s by the same person (Nguyen Thi Phan). I will list the others over the coming weeks when I have time to translate them. There is only one of each Revolutionary.The full set is;Ly Tu Trong, Vo Thi Sau, Nguyen Ba Ngoc, Le Van Tam, Nguyen Van Troi, Hoang Van Thu, Phan Dinh Giot and Tran Van On