Part 1: Long Nguyen - a testing target of B52Part 2: To the tiger lairPart 3: Evil intention: Bringing the North back to the stone age On December 22, 1972, Bach Mai Hospital was heavily hit by B52 bombs when 28 were killed in one of the four times being destructed by raids. Professor Do Doan Dai, former Director of Bach Mai Hospital, recalled: “At that time, the hospital was in emergency to support the injured in Ha Noi, Ha Dong, and neighboring areas. It seemed that they were destroying the place to terrorize our spirit; however, we were hardly broken.” Bach Mai Hospital was destructed by bomb hits in 1972 Colonel Pham Tho, former reporter of army television and the one directly recorded the tragic images at Bach Mai Hospital 40 years ago, recalled: “At that time, the morning of December 22, 1972, many co-workers of mine returned to this hospital to film the scene. It was horrible that day to witness dead people lying around. They must have been astounded by the attacks on the hospital – one of the two only emergency recuing places. We filmed the scene to evidence for the crimes against Hanoians.” Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Dinh Tho, 79, a living witness, said he would never forget those date. He led us to a monument under which was the place many bombs had been dropped 40 years ago. Mr. Do Tho, former technician of Bach Mai Hospital said emotionally: “When the B52 bombs hit, everything was shaking. After the raids, I rode my bicycle down to the hospital to witness a tragic scene. My working place was totally collapsed. We had to clean up the place so that we could help the injured by the night.” Colonnel Pham Pho (far left) and Lieutenant Colonnel Dinh Tho (middle) are two of the army television reporters returning to film the scene at Bach Mai Hospital – the scene of crimes 40 years ago Remembering the days of tragedy, Professor Do Doan Dai put it that the US Army used to bomb Bach Mai Hospital in 1967 after which, the staff of Bach Mai Hospital was precautious to remove some of the equipment to Ung Hoa (formerly Ha Tay Province). In 1972, the US Army bombed Bach Mai Hospital up to 4 times, heaviest hit at 04:30:40 of December 22nd. “We were hiding in a shelter of Kim Lien block very close to Bach Mai Hospital where I heard explosions and saw red flare. I knew the hospital was hit and took my bicycle back to the place after the strikes were over. Everything was destructed to the ground, the sounds, the cries for help were so terrifying. We had to operate power generators to support the patients. We even cooked meals for them and gathered everything necessary,” said Professor Do Doan Dai. “When we were down to a collapsed shelter, we rescued Ms. Ninh, a venereal physician who kept shivering out of horror. We dug deeper inside and discovered a body clamped by the concrete block. We had to cut away the limbs and remove the concrete block to proceed with the rescue. Reported by H. Van – T. Dong – Translated by Vi Bao