Heroes are the brightest coordinates of the nation —— Commemorating the 70th anniversary of Chinese people’s Volunteer Army’s war to resist US aggression and aid Korea.
The great spirit of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea forged in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea is precious spiritual wealth, which will inspire the people of China and the Chinese nation to overcome all difficulties and obstacles and all powerful enemies.
-On October 19th, 2020, when visiting the theme exhibition "Remembering the Great Victory and Defending Peace and Justice-Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of Chinese people’s Volunteer Army’s War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of Chinese people’s Volunteer Army’s war to resist US aggression and aid Korea. On October 19th, 1950, Chinese people’s Volunteer Army crossed the Yalu River and started the great War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. On October 25, the volunteers launched the first battle into the DPRK-the two water tunnels battle and won. A year later, the people of China designated October 25th as the anniversary of Chinese people’s Volunteer Army’s War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
"valiant, spirited, across the Yalu river …"
70 years ago
There is such a group of hot-blooded China army.
Cross the Yalu River
Embark on the road to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea and defend the country.
Volunteer troops to resist US aggression and aid Korea cross the Yalu River (Xinhua News Agency)
Battle of Shangganling (Xinhua News Agency)
In this team
There are many young people from Fujian.
They are armed with crude weapons in a foreign country.
Eating "a handful of fried noodles and a handful of snow"
Facing the "artillery rain" pouring all over the sky
Follow the big army and put the arrogant opponent.
Hit the negotiating table
Put the humiliation of China and the arrogance of the powers for more than 100 years
Smash to pieces
Meisi motherland jintanggu
I will recall the hero’s cold armor.
70 years have passed by.
We can’t forget
Veterans who joined the volunteer army without hesitation.
Although they are now in their eighties.
But just mention the bonfire years.
They will still straighten their backs.
be in high spirits
It’s like going back to the era of galloping on the battlefield …
Zhou Zhenrong (86 years old), born in Minhou County, Fuzhou City, was born in 1934. In June 1951, he joined the 25th Army of China People’s Liberation Army gloriously and officially became an army medical soldier. In August 1952, Zhou Zhenrong was ordered to "go north to build" with his army. After reorganization, the 25th Army was reorganized into the 2nd Battalion of the 217th Regiment, the 73rd Division of the 23rd Army. After a 1,800-kilometer emergency March, he arrived in Wonsan, the eastern front of Korea, and then moved to the middle line to fight side by side with the Korean people, and won two military medals.
Zheng Saizhao (91 years old), a native of Taijiang District, Fuzhou City, was born in December 1928. He joined the army in February 1950. Before joining the army, he studied in Fuzhou No.4 Middle School. In May, he studied and trained in the 20th Army Training Regiment of the Ninth Corps of the Third Field Army. In November, he participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. He worked in the engineering department of the 60th Division of the 20th Army and the artillery regiment of the 60th Division of the 20th Army. He returned to China in October 1952.
Hou Yin (aged 89) now lives in Gulou District, Fuzhou, and was born in December 1930. In May 1949, he joined the China People’s Liberation Army and was a student of the Second Field Military and Political University. He has successively served as the squad leader of Wudang District in the Southern Anhui Military Region, the team leader of the Fourth Middle School of the Teaching Corps, and the trainee staff officer of the headquarters. In November, 1952, the general staff of the headquarters of the July 11th Brigade of the May 4th Division of Chinese people’s Volunteer Army entered the DPRK to fight, and participated in many military operations, such as anti-landing operations, repairing the Datong River Bridge in Pyongyang, and fighting bandits after the armistice, and won the international third-class merit once and the third-class merit four times.
Xin Shaokong (90 years old), living in Xiamen, was born in June 1930, joined the army in January 1946, worked as a nurse in the battle of Xiannan in North Korea in November 1950, and worked as a nurse in five battles in North Korea in May 1951. Because of his outstanding work performance, he completed the task well and won the second class merit. In December 1953, he worked actively in the medical team of the former Eighth Field Hospital of East China Military Region, and won a third-class merit.
Li Shuiyi (96 years old), a native of Yunxiao County, Zhangzhou City, was born in July 1924, joined the army in February 1948, served as the logistics department chief of the 27th Army of the Third Field Army, participated in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the Liberation War and the Korean War successively, and was discharged in January 1955. Third class three times, fourth class three times. During his time as an ordnance officer in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he risked his life to protect his briefcase. More than 170 people in the whole company participated in the war, and only one of them was alive. In the early summer of 1955, he was demobilized from the 27th Army of the Third Field Army.
Ye Yinshui (89 years old), born in Changtai County, Zhangzhou City, was born in July 1931. He joined the army in Zhangzhou Uprising in 1949, was re-elected as a scout in the 271st Regiment of the 91st Division in June 1950, and joined the Party in December 1950. In April 1951, he was re-elected as the second squad leader in the guard battalion of the 148th Division of the 50th Army in Chinese people’s Volunteer Army, and in February 1953, he was re-elected as the deputy platoon leader in the 148th Division. In February 1955, he was demobilized and returned to Mingqian Township, Yanxi Town, Changtai County, where he served as the Party branch secretary, and made third-class merit three times.
Xie Ronghua (92 years old), a native of Nan ‘an, Quanzhou, was born in April 1928. In November 1950, he served as the correspondent of the 240 regiment of the Eighth Division of the Twenty-seventh Army, and joined the army to participate in the battle in the DPRK and participated in the famous Battle of Shangganling. In September 1953, he was discharged due to injury. Won the third class and the fourth class once.
Wu Qingbo (94 years old), born in Nan ‘an, Quanzhou, was born in September 1926. In June 1949, he joined the China People’s Liberation Army and joined the 93rd Regiment of the 31st Division of the 11th Army. In March 1951, the 93rd Regiment of the 31st Division of the 12th Army of the Volunteers entered the Korean War, served as a correspondent and monitor, and took part in the famous Battle of Shangganling. Won the second class once.
Zhang Zhen (94 years old), a native of Ninghua County, Sanming City, was born in May 1926. In June, 1949, he participated in the activity of "welcoming the peaceful liberation of the People’s Liberation Army in Ninghua" led by Zhang Zhinong, the Ministry of Industry of Ninghua City. In October 1949, he joined the army and studied at Nanchang Branch of Central South Military and Political University. In June, 1950, he served as the trainee operational staff of the 48th Army Command of the China People’s Liberation Army, and moved around Gannan and northern Guangdong with the army to fight bandits. In February 1951, he participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and served as a combat training staff in the headquarters of the 208th Regiment of Chinese people’s Volunteer Army Rocket (Katyusha). He was awarded the third class merit twice and won a military medal of the Democratic Republic of Korea and the title of "People’s Hero".
Lin Jinzhang (87 years old), born in Licheng District, Putian City, was born in 1933. At the age of 16, Lin Jinzhang joined the guerrillas in central Fujian as an underground liaison and joined the Communist Youth League. In April, 1950, Lin Jinzhang officially joined the army, belonging to the Independent 84th Division, and participated in the Battle of Dachen Island and Jiangshan Island. Later, Lin Jinzhang’s troops were ordered to enter the DPRK to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, participate in the Battle of Yichuan, and won the third-class merit twice. Later, they worked in the 62nd Engineering Bureau of the Ministry of Railways and returned to Putian in 1958.
Li Liumin (aged 87) now lives in Hanjiang District, Putian City and was born in February 1933. He joined the army in December 1952, and in the same year, he joined Chinese people’s Volunteer Army to go to the DPRK to participate in the war, serving as the deputy platoon leader. In September, 1955, he won the medal awarded by President People’s Republic of China (PRC), and won a third-class merit. Participated in the fifth campaign in 1953. In April 1957, he transferred to the former Fujian Tenth Construction Company, and in 1971, he was transferred to the Third Company of the Tenth Group of the Provincial Automobile Transportation Company.
Lin Jinkui (93 years old), a native of Xianyou County, Putian City, was born in October 1927, joined the army in 1948, joined the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea on October 20, 1950, joined the 15th Army in the Battle of Shangganling in 1952, and then transferred to the Guard Company of the Third Corps, where he won a third class merit and returned to China in August 1955.
Mo Rubai (aged 87), born in December 1932, joined the army in January 1948. His unit was the Fourth Field Army of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, and he joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) at the age of 17 in December 1949. He used to be an observer of a company of the 17th Regiment to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and won several liberation medals and the Medal to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Wu Chuanshou (aged 89), born in Songxi County, Nanping City, was born in March 1931. He joined the army in March 1951 and joined the Second Battalion and Third Company of the 79th Division of the 27th Army. In October 1951, he participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and successively served as monitor, platoon leader and company assistant instructor. During this period, he won the second-class merit for his outstanding rodent control work in the anti-bacterial war.
李正大（现年93岁），居住于龙岩市新罗区，1927年1月出生，1949年11月参加福建军政大学，为第一期24中队学员，1950年7月分配福州警备司令部九十五师任连队宣传员。1951年1月北上抗美援朝，1952年12月在志愿军空军二十四支队警卫营任文教组长，立三等功1次。
华盛文（现年96岁），龙岩市连城县人，1924年7月出生，先后3次立功受奖，担任过战士、副班长、班长、副排长和排长等职。
刘斌（现年93岁），龙岩市长汀县人，1927年6月出生。1949年12月长汀入伍，1951年1月出国抗美援朝，1953年10月回国，1956年12月于防空部队独立四十二营退伍。在抗美援朝战斗中,他所在的高炮独立营有12门高炮驻扎在朝鲜平安大道,专门守卫大同江大桥等几座大桥的安全。1951年，获颁中国人民政治协商会议全国委员会抗美援朝纪念章。1953年，获颁中国人民赴朝慰问团抗美援朝纪念章。
林赞钦（现年90岁），宁德市蕉城区人，1930年2月出生。1949年9月参加中国人民解放军，入伍二十军六十三师一八九团。先后任炮兵团连文教，司令部管理股书记。1952年9月一八九团志愿军入朝作战，参加了金城战役等战斗，入朝参战期间，林赞钦先后担任司令部管理科书记、一八九团炮兵营参谋。1952年至1953年先后在炮兵团山炮连、炮兵团宣传股荣立三等功两次。
郑日富（现年94岁），宁德市屏南县人，1926年8月出生。1948年6月参加中国人民解放军。参加过解放战争，经历淮海战役瑶山、狼山攻击战、淮海战役围歼战、渡江战役白沙村战斗、强渡黄埔江北站等战斗，荣立三等功一次。1950年10月志愿军二十军八十九师炮兵团志愿入朝作战，参加了朝鲜二次战役社仓里战斗、朝鲜五十天阻击战等战斗，获得抗美援朝保家卫国功劳证、世界和平勋章、抗美援朝纪念勋章。
Xiao Yiwen (99 years old), a native of zhouning county, Ningde City, was born in February 1921, joined the army in June 1948, and joined the party in September 1949. He was a soldier to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and was disabled in the fourth degree because of the war. Xiao Yiwen, who participated in Liaoshen Campaign (won the "Third Class Merit"), Huaihai Campaign (won the "Second Class Merit") and Crossing the River Campaign (won the "Third Class Merit"), participated in the Fourth Battle of Korea (Battle of Tieyuan Highland in Shangganling) in 1951, and was then the squad leader of the eighth stretcher class of the 3rd Battalion of the 78th Division of the 26th Army. In order to save new soldiers, Xiao Yiwen was shot and injured, and lost one of his limbs.
Li Marong (90 years old), born in Shouning County, Ningde City, was born in January 1930. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, Li Marong merged with the People’s Liberation Army troops in Jiangshang District of Zhenghe County into the 10th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 239th Regiment of the 80th Division of the 27th Army of Chinese people’s Volunteer Army, then entered Korea with the army, participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, participated in the Battle of Xinxingli and the Battle of Wushengshan, and returned to China in 1953 after the war.
On March 28th, 2014, at Incheon International Airport, the Chinese salute held the coffin of Chinese people’s Volunteer Army’s martyr. (Xinhua News Agency)
On September 28th, 2020, the remains of the seventh batch of volunteers in Korea returned to China for burial ceremony. From 2014 to 2020, a total of 716 volunteers’ remains in Korea returned to China for burial. (CCTV News)
Review the vicissitudes of history
Some people are back.
Some people, sacrificed.
According to incomplete statistics
Since October 1950
Chinese people’s Volunteer Army went to the DPRK to fight.
The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea began.
By July 1953,
The two sides signed the Korean Armistice Agreement
Victory over the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
The total number of victims in Chinese people’s Volunteer Army is 197,653.
Among them, more than 1,200 people are from Fujian.
Those martyrs who are buried in foreign countries.
The heroic spirit lives in the hearts of the people forever.
Names and deeds of heroes
It has already been written into the glorious history of the people’s army.
The heroic spirit will live on in China forever.
Due to the rush of time, long history and incomplete historical materials, it is difficult to collect personal stories. Now, according to the personal data submitted by various districts and cities in the province, some brief stories of veterans of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea are selected to look back on those passionate years to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Chinese people’s Volunteer Army’s war to resist US aggression and aid Korea abroad. )
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Text finishing | Ye Mingzhu
Picture material | Integrated with various districts and cities, and partly from the Internet.
Contributed by | Supervision Committee of Ningde Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection Shouning County Commission for Discipline Inspection
Original title: "Heroes are the brightest coordinates of the nation —— Commemorating the 70th anniversary of Chinese people’s Volunteer Army’s War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea"
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