In today's China, there is a kind of person who is deeply admired by all the people of china, they are those veterans who participated in the war and then hid their names in anonymity for decades, such as Zhang Fuqing, who is 95 years old this year, who has made countless contributions during the war, after demobilization and rehabilitation, took the initiative to work in a difficult place for more than 60 years, did not shout bitterness, did not shout poverty, and hid his meritorious name. In Hubei, there is also a veteran who has been hidden for many years, his name is Liu Zuokun.
Liu Zuokun was born in a poor family in Hubei, his parents died at the hands of the Japanese army invading China, from childhood, he grew up eating a hundred meals, and when he was 7 years old, he learned crafts with the carpenters in the village, and in a few years, he mastered the skills skillfully, with the guy who ate, he also married locally and became a family, after the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Liu Zuokun bid farewell to his family and became a member of the volunteer army, for many young people of that era, defending the family and defending the country was their value.
In 1953, Liu Zuokun, who had not been fighting on the front line for a long time, was transferred to the military station to work, when the comrades-in-arms could not think of "Isn't there no opportunity to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions" Liu Zuokun had no other ideas in mind, he believed that working everywhere is the same, doing his own work well, that is, the best contribution to the country and the army, at the military station, Liu Zuokun used his familiar carpenter craftsmanship to do things everywhere, occasionally repairing doors and windows, repairing warehouses, although it seems to be a small thing, but Liu Zuokun believes that although he cannot go to the front line to fight, Do a good job of logistics, that is also a credit.
On April 26, Liu Zuokun in the cave with a gun guarded the aviation gasoline of 5 wagons shipped from the Soviet Union, late at night, two US aircraft bombed the military station, calling the sleeping people up, they watched a wagon was blown off by a bomb, fuel is a scarce material on the battlefield, out of the nature of the soldiers, they ignored the aircraft bombing, immediately began to carry fuel work, that day, after more than 2 hours of rescue, a total of more than 300 barrels of fuel were moved out, of which Liu Zuokun alone moved 85 barrels, afterwards, He fainted on the spot.
Because of his meritorious service in ensuring military supplies, Liu Zuokun was awarded many honors such as "first-class meritorious hero", "international second-class soldier", and after one night, he became a hero on the Korean battlefield.
After returning to China in 1956, Liu Zuokun lived an anonymous life, his family knew that he had participated in the war, but he did not know that he had made such a meritorious contribution, in 1998, Liu Zuokun's grandson joined the army because the quota was full and could not register, Liu Zuokun in order to give his grandson the opportunity to join the army, had to show his identity " Comrade I came back from the Korean battlefield in May 1956, and now I am a person who is about to enter the soil, as a veteran soldier, I want to send my eldest grandson Liu Jianguang as a soldier, inherit the ancestral business, contribute to the country. Why don't you give it a chance? ”
Subsequently, Liu Zuokun also took out his meritorious service certificates, and after the director Li Jianping saw it, he could not help but look at this hubei's only first-class meritorious man with reverence, and then, after the local chief knew about it, he specially came to sign up for Liu Zuokun's grandson to join the army.
In 1999, Liu Zuokun participated in the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and was received by the leaders, and in 2003, Liu Zuokun died of illness at the age of 79, ending his legendary life.