Phu Quoc prison or jail Coconut Tree - Phu Quoc island Vietnam (P2)

Tokens the great escapeAs documented in ruins, the generation of soldiers imprisoned here made miracle: 42 Organization of the escape. Brave escape in every way possible: Hurdles secret; hit when soldiers escorted out to work hard to rob the run; dig escape tunnels get out ... Nearly hundred people died or been arrested or again, more than 200 people escaped, to continue operations.TuoiTre once did a report about a great escape of the prisoners at the prison camp A5 Coconut Tree. Article posted on 21-08-2006 Youth Day, to celebrate 61 years on August Revolution and National Day 02-09. The following text citation would be part of the article content:
Knowing that only a failed escape make death is at hand, but the prisoner Phu Quoc island Vietnam has decided to organize an escape. Join the campaign tunnel all the prisoners escape. Among the escape tunnel A5 day camp is still alive in Vietnam Mr. Nguyen Van Nang.
Mr Power said: "After me on the A5, you dig organizations. A5 before camp had an escape tunnel, but once exposed, this time with 40 participants. Divided into groups which in turn four tunnel if the unfortunate defeat plans reveal the brothers were just the first four. The first four are assigned the responsibility is Nguyen Van Nang, Vietnam Tran Xuan, he Manh (who sacrificed in the island) and he In ('re in Da Nang). "Diary of a former prisoner Nguyen Van Nang clearly: "Beginning on 25-1-1971, the open mouth of the wormhole at the end of Room 8, in addition to the sidewalk." Four people responsible for the Victory Tunnel opened his mouth, Thuan, Tuan and Tu had prepared meticulously for the tunnel mouth: use rice mixed with soap, bay mouth clay, wood ties are used to cover the mouth and tunnel. From the tunnel mouth, deepened to 1.5 m. Before you start digging the tunnel, people had studied in the context of the camp A5: external barrier layers, a military police patrol. Four corners of the camp has four military police guard mirador of live upstairs. Outermost layer barrier can throw barbed tremble. In addition to tremble barrier layer is 100 m wide grassland competition, after about grass that is forest cover. Phu Quoc island Vietnam forest trees, mainly Ants Ants, in the villages. Their escape with the meticulous calculations. Brothers tunnel divided into several groups: the alert, the hidden land, the digging. The team worked hard in secret conditions. To hide the earth with heavy duty, to hide the land mass from 30m to post the original tunnel. Initial depth of 1.5 m, but only dug to a depth of 30m. Then dig more shallow. Tunneling is more technical, Nguyen Huu Minh recalls: "At first we dig under the fence looking towards the straight, then right for a ladder tree as wide as the diameter of our basement, where digging to pull ladder there. Tunneling tools are the only utensils made by the prisoners themselves as spoons, ca, kettles, coffee glaze ... The 120m-long tunnel, brother in subdivision A5 prison for five months training. "
On 5-5-1971, the tunnel was almost complete, A5 branches of the camp meeting for consideration on the list who escaped, hundreds of volunteers, but eventually the 28 knots. To date 11-5-1971, the day before the escape, the list is 27 knots. 12-5-1971 Yes 9 hrs, 27 prisoners quietly down the tunnel. "At that time, the group went slithering like a snake, as the special mission combatants during combat. To take the lead to prepare the tree against a fence, tree hooks to hang on the fence, the steel shaft for closing the mines, left light, enemy grenades planted in each class barriers that we encounter, "Mr. Power said."Go to grassland paintings, looking up the black, night sky, the wind blew cool, feeling in the back as choking, partly because too happy, choking, joint both feet did not go. Both grassland, stop at 5 minutes before cutting competition run on the edge of the forest road, "he recalls moments Energy is free. Inserted three days uninterrupted forest meets guerrilla Duong. 6-1972 to May they be brought to the mainland to continue fighting. Only later that they knew undetectable by enemy tunnels immediately, so the next night (13-5-1971) a number of brothers B5 nearby prison camp pass through "to design" 15, was shot dead two people, 13 people escaped.
The remains of martyrs
As of 10-2008, we have found a total of 1028 sets of remains of martyrs in prison Coconut Tree. Most are anonymous martyrs, not the full name, age, hometown, date unknown sacrifice, was arrested by the detention, imprisonment and torture to death where the body buried there. According to some historical, current, underground prison Cay Dua area also has nearly 3,000 sets of remains of martyrs has not been found. Where identified many martyrs' remains is a hill located southwest of the cage. Here, we have built the Memorial Park imposing edifice. Recently, Kien Giang K92 team discovered 268 sets of remains of fallen soldiers, bringing the total sacrifice of martyrs' remains at Phu Quoc island Prison was found on the 1336 set.