Commemoration

Forty five years ago, after 56 days of encounters,
courage,
and sufferings,
the troops of the French Union ceased combat in Ðiên Biên Phú.

The Veterans
of Ðiên Biên Phú, together around Emblems of the formations which took part in the Battle,
in union with
all the comrades who could not join them,
had a thought for those
who sacrificed themselves, for those,
men and women,
who still suffer,
for all the Veterans
from the Union Countries still in bondage.

Memory days, moments of friendship and
communion with the profound feelings
who guided
their actions in the past,
as well as their testimony in these days...

Pau, May 7, 1999

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