During the Easter Offensive hundreds of Republic of Vietnam soldiers and civilians were killed while fleeing Quảng Trị city along Highway One, earning this stretch of the road the name ‘the Highway of Horrors’ [Đại Lộ Kinh Hoàng]. This article examines this understudied event and the efforts of ordinary people, particularly the staff of the daily newspaper Sóng Thần, to collect and bury the corpses left on the highway. In focusing on this humanitarian endeavour, it highlights the spiritual consequences of mass death, people’s agency in countering the violence of the Vietnam War, and the dynamism of South Vietnam’s civil society.

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沿着“恐怖高速公路”安抚精神：越南战时共和国的市民生活

在复活节攻势期间，数百名越南共和国军人逃离一号公路逃离QunngTrị市，这条路被称为“恐怖公路”（ĐạiLộKinhHoàng）。本文研究了这个未被充分研究的事件以及普通人，特别是日报SóngThần的工作人员为收集和掩埋遗留在高速公路上的尸体所做的努力。在关注这一人道主义努力时，它着重说明了大规模死亡的精神后果，抗击越南战争暴力的人民机构以及南越南民间社会的活力。