Nguyen Thi Ut, born on April 19, 1931, in Tam Ngai commune, Cau Ke district, Can Tho province (now Tam Ngai commune, Cau Ke district, Tra Vinh province).
Her father, Mr. Nguyen Van Xuong, was born in 1899, from Tich Thien village, Tra On district, Can Tho province. Because his family was poor, he had to work as a hired laborer, and drifted to Rach La and Tam Ngai areas. Here, he met Ms. Le Thi Muoi, who was in the same situation. Once married, Mr. and Mrs. Xuong continued to live as servants for the landlord Ham Gioi.
Ms. Ut and her two sisters (Ms. Hai Keo, Ms. Ba Cao) were born and raised in the house of landlord Ham Gioi. The lives of three sisters, therefore, cannot overcome the fate of servants. From a young age, they had to work for the landlords to earn a living, from Ham Gioi to his son, Council Thanh.
In 1944, Mr. Nguyen Van Xuong fell seriously ill and had to go to Cau Ke for treatment, but his illness did not improve. Worried about her son-in-law's illness, Ut's grandfather called the whole family to build a house at the beginning of Ngai Nhat hamlet, adjacent to Ngoc Ho hamlet (the place where she lived was often called Cay Sanh) with the hope of changing their place of residence with Mr. Xuong. cured.
Even though he was very poor, his paternal and maternal families still tried their best to treat him, but the disease became more and more serious. He died in 1944, when Nguyen Thi Ut had just turned 13 years old.
Although she is thirteen years old, Ut has been in bed for 5 years.
Among the three sisters, Ut is the "snake-eyed", the toughest and bravest. At the age of 12, Nguyen Thi Ut dared to fight back against the landlord (throwing a knife into the hands of Ham Gioi's wife, throwing chili powder into the eyes of Thanh Council's wife). That action, that temperament, although very innocent and spontaneous of childhood, also predicted a brave and heroic personality of Ms. Nguyen Thi Ut in the future.
On May 19, 1941, the Viet Minh Front was born. The Viet Minh Front issued a declaration, calling on all compatriots to unite to break the chains of slavery and liberate the country. In 1944, the revolutionary movement grew stronger and spread throughout all localities. The same year her father passed away, her revolutionary brothers freed her and her entire family's life of slavery by paying the 1 silver coin owed to Ham Gioi, which otherwise, she would never have been able to repay. From here, her life as a slave ended.
After the August Revolution, Tam Ngai's revolutionary movement became more and more vibrant. The joyful and jubilant atmosphere of Independence Day had to temporarily subside because the French colonialists began to return to invade our country. The heroic and tenacious fighting examples of uncle Chin Luong, brother Tich and many other brothers aroused admiration and admiration in her heart. The mischievous and cheeky personality of childhood now has the opportunity to develop in a new direction, becoming aware of the pain and humiliation of a life in labor, wanting to fight to reclaim what has been exploited and stripped by the landlords. take: The sense of revenge for oneself and those who are oppressed.
Ms. Ut's approach to the revolution and the resistance was simple, like her saying "he beat me, I beat him..." (according to the work "The Mother with a Gun" by Nguyen Thi). Inside that simple sentence is a clear class consciousness, an unyielding will to fight against the enemies of herself, her family and her people. She participated in the two resistance wars against the French colonialists and the American imperialist invaders with a heart full of serenity, without fear of hardship or sacrifice. When the war reached a fierce stage, the situation between us and the enemy was not balanced, she said: "Let's fight even if we don't even have the hem of our pants!". Those words were like an oath.hIn December 1949, we launched the Cau Ke campaign, Ms. Ut was in charge of communication and reconnaissance work of the volunteer police organization led by Mr. Chin Luong. She monitored and mastered the enemy situation, promptly reported information to local military forces and regular troops to coordinate operations (Rach Cach battle, Ben Cat battle) causing many losses to the enemy. In early 1950, Nguyen Thi Ut built a family with Lam Van Tich (Vietnamese of Khmer origin) who was also a soldier in the local armed forces.
Although she has a family, she still works. While taking care of the housework, he also ensures communication and reconnaissance of the enemy. She completed the task of handing over Uncle Chin Luong's plan to a secret facility to organize the rescue of an arrested leader of the Provincial Military Transport Committee, secretly delivering weapons across Cau Ke to the brothers to kill the notorious Hum district. evil at that time.
In 1953, she gave birth to her first child, Lam Thi Be. The situation at Cau Ke battlefield was too tense at this time, Uncle Chin Luong and a number of other brothers sacrificed their lives. Being hunted by the enemy, she had to take her child to Sa Dec to hide. Here, she made contact with the internal base, and with her teammates went to destroy the bridge and get the Cay Chau baton. The situation eased, and she took her child back to Tam Ngai.
After the Armistice Agreement in 1954, she and her husband were assigned to stay and operate legally. The Saigon puppet government did not respect the Agreement, trying to arrest, suppress, and take revenge on former resistance fighters. Among those arrested was Mr. Tich - her husband. It was she who directly fought with the Chief of Cau Ke District, demanding the release of Mr. Tich and other comrades who were arrested, and resisted the order to force people to build dense areas.
Some time later (1955 - 1959), her family temporarily fled to Ke Sach to do business, because the anti-communist movement in her hometown was too fierce. At this time, she gave birth to two more children. (The second grandchild is Lam Thi Thanh, the third grandchild is Lam Thi Tho). Here, she connected with the local revolutionary base, Mr. Tam Thao, to carry out military transport work and get 6 boxes of ammunition. During this period, having 6 boxes of real ammunition in hand was precious.
At the end of 1959, the couple returned to Tam Ngai and gave birth to their fourth child, Lam Thi Kim Anh. In 1960, during the Dong Khoi war, Mr. Lam Van Tich joined the local military movement, and Ms. Ut worked as a scout. Also in 1960, using military tactics, she participated in taking over Tam The station without wasting a single bullet.
Victory after victory, even though she was pregnant, she commanded to stop and attack the soldiers of Chong No Ba hamlet on their way to Cau Ke, killing 6 people; Attacking Chong No Ba hamlet (at Chom Dua) while Cau Ke District Chief was there.
While seven months pregnant, she and her teammates beat boss Mach's Duong Trau. Her teammates and relatives were very concerned and advised her to take time off and wait until she gave birth. She answered calmly: "No one fights the enemy and waits until after giving birth to fight, but a hen is a broiler chicken. Just fight!”. Her example of fighting the enemy made her teammates love and admire her.
In 1961, the fifth child, Lam Van Hien, was born. Less than a month after her birth, faced with a shortage of bullets, Ut skillfully did military work, taking many enemy bullets for the revolution. At the same time, directly participating in the attack on the strategic hamlet Chong No 2 - an important shield protecting the enemy's Cau Ke district capital.
Following the courageous fighting example of Ms. Nguyen Thi Ut, more and more women joined the military force. Therefore, the superior leaders allowed Tam Ngai commune to establish a female guerrilla team - Nguyen Thi Ut was appointed as squad leader. Together with her husband's guerrilla unit, she organized many battles, contributing to the loss of enemy forces. At the same time, she also organized political struggles by mobilizing mothers and sisters to spread leaflets and mobilize soldiers.
In May 1964, she was commended by the Provincial National Liberation Front. In July 1964, guerrilla forces of Tam Ngai commune attacked Ba Mi, Thanh Phu, while she was pregnant for the sixth time.
Right after giving birth to her sixth child, Lam Van Hung, she had to learn to walk because the battlefield was hot and her teammates needed her. She sat in a canoe and rowed her children to the military transport facilities to restock ammunition. Suddenly a heavy rain came, she was hit by water, she had a fever, and was forced to go to the other side of the Hau River for treatment. Three weeks later, her sixth child was just one month old. Even though she was still very weak, she returned with her teammates to attend the big battle to capture Ba My.
After that, she participated in blocking an enemy regiment that landed in Tan Dinh hamlet. Our army won a big victory. So Tam Ngai was liberated. With her brave and selfless fighting achievements, in 1964 she was honored to be admitted to the Revolutionary People's Party (now the Communist Party of Vietnam).
In April 1965, the US used helicopters to land troops and four US advisors in Cau Ke Town. They continuously shelled Tam Ngai, causing damage to us. Ms. Nguyen Thi Ut disguised herself and went to the Town to grasp the situation and find a way to destroy the enemy's artillery cluster. Thanks to her cleverness, she was able to organize Mr. Nam, a Khmer, to approach and investigate carefully, so our soldiers' mortar shells hit the target, destroying 2 enemy artillery guns.
After that resounding victory, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ut was sent to attend the Congress of heroic soldiers emulating the armed forces of the entire region. At the Congress, she was elected as a heroine of the armed forces liberating the South, and was awarded the second-class Liberation Military Medal by the Central Committee of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, with the achievement: " Participated in 23 large and small battles (8 battles during the first resistance war)" making an important contribution to the unit in destroying and disintegrating over 200 enemies, capturing 70 guns. He was a brave and cunning reconnaissance soldier, a tenacious fighter, and a skillful soldier who campaigned to destroy many enemy soldiers, many times sending soldiers to destroy them with guns without wasting money. One bullet.” At this time, she was the commune's deputy captain.
Not long after, she was assigned to the Military Region to work. Her husband and children transferred together.
In 1965, she gave birth to her seventh child, Lam Thi Dong Xuan.
In 1968, she gave birth to her youngest child named Lam Thi Hong.
After the general offensive and uprising in the spring of Mau Than, the Saigon government conducted many large-scale counterattacks to destroy revolutionary bases and forces. In an attack by an American B52 plane on November 27, 1968, in the Tan Chau and Chau Doc area (now in An Giang province), heroine Nguyen Thi Ut died along with her child Lam Thi Thoa.
Mr. Lam Van Tich was sent to Tra Vinh, in 1971 to become district deputy captain of Cau Ke district, he died in May 1974.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Ut has devoted her whole life to the cause of fighting for national liberation, worthy of being the grandchild of Ba Trung and Ba Trieu, setting an example of resilience, indomitableness, loyalty, and courage for her. women and the Vietnamese people today and tomorrow.