Today I want to tell you a heavy data, in this half-winter, more than 100 anti-war veterans have returned to the army. Winter is the hardest season for veterans to survive, how many veterans are quietly withering in a winter day, and how many veterans are alone in old houses to guard the arrival of warm spring.
Friends who pay attention to the veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression must remember that on the National Day of 2015, we who stood in front of the TV set to watch the live broadcast of the military parade were shocked by the yao-zi of the veterans' team.
Now that they are about to die, they are assembling and returning one by one, a pile of loess to hide their loyal souls, and a living history of the War of Resistance will be completely sealed in a few years.
Their generation regards defending their homeland as their responsibility, but many veterans are because of this responsibility.
In the most precious years of life, he has experienced various ups and downs, and has been at the bottom of society for a long time, living alone in the haze.
They are brave on the battlefield and strong in life.
Elder Yang said that he did not regret the choice he made, no matter what, it was for the sake of the country.
Astute and intelligent, the family and the country are difficult to follow, and the loyalty and filial piety are passed on to the family, and the people of the country come here to pay tribute. It is a memorial inscription proposed by the descendants to Yang Xuelin, a veteran of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, so as to remember and remember.
Yang Xuelin veteran, a native of Fengdu, Sichuan, born in 1924, has been intelligent and agile since childhood. In the 28th year of the Republic of China, the enemy came to attack, the country was in trouble, and the public resigned from his father and elder at the age of dancing spoons, and resolutely joined the army.
At the age of 14, due to his young age and the qualifications for becoming a soldier, he assumed the duties of a service soldier and a messenger, standing guard and passing on orders.
Three years later, Yang Lao, who had reached the age of 17, joined the special service company directly under the 163rd Division of the 56th Army of the 28th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, stationed at DabaShan, and held Hubei, Sichuan, and Shaanxi until the victory of the War of Resistance.
The up and down bayonets, the gun on the shoulder, the gun on the shoulder, and the loading and unloading of bullets are the muscle memories of the old man's life in the body. The old man also went from a second-class soldier and a first-class soldier to a first-class soldier, which was the most proud of his imperial glory.
After Yang Lao retired from the army and returned to his hometown, he supported himself, cultivated the land, and the work of making a living did not fall behind, and he lived in simplicity and lived a plain life.
The veteran has a son and a daughter, and lives with his son in the old house of the family's ancestors of six generations.
"Antique" furniture fills every corner of the house, and the translucent roof and a chandelier concentrate on the shimmer, illuminating the veteran's kind face.
Volunteers say that every time they see a veteran, they have a calm and peaceful power, and maybe this is the calmness after experiencing life and death.
Gratitude and gratitude are the emotional "labels" that volunteers give to veterans, and the care of future volunteers for him is remembered bit by bit.
When the volunteer called the day to say he would come to see him the next day, he began to prepare that night, looking forward to tomorrow's meeting. Get up early, wear the costume of the anti-war veterans, wear the medal of commemoration of the victory of the anti-war, and sit upright on the wooden bench at the door to welcome the arrival of the younger generations.
The anti-japanese war veterans on the door edge, the national backbone plaque shining brightly, has never been dusted.
At the end of the stone steps, the hands that are constantly waving, wishing you good health, are the repeated actions and blessings of veterans when bidding farewell to volunteers.
"You don't have to remember me, go back and work well, and build a good country." It is the most earnest hope of the veteran, who always uses the most simple actions and words to express the most simple emotions.
On November 15, 2021, Yang Xuelin returned to the team at the age of 97. Chongqing volunteers who care for veterans spontaneously went to the veterans' cemetery to worship, and groups of volunteers prayed in silence in front of the new grave. Like new wreaths and scattered cannon and bamboo debris, the small square graves piled up in fresh mud seem to say that the veterans have not gone far.
On December 10th, the construction team completed the work of building the tombstone of the veterans, and the volunteers who formed a deep friendship with the veterans were concerned about the repair of the cemetery, and the important moments were witnessed without falling. Because of the large number of participants in the worship, everyone participated in the worship activities in an orderly and batch, a bunch of white chrysanthemums, three bows, to commemorate the veterans of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and to convey deep reverence.
At the worship ceremony, Volunteer Chen Zhengrong recited the poem "Prayer" written for the veterans in the most sincere voice, and the affectionate words were recognition and remembrance of the achievements of the veterans of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
The Prayer
Chen Zhengrong
Even if you're gone
We will still look for your ordinary name
Let them not dissipate with the smoke
When the clouds rise
Mountains full of pine waves will call for you
That's the hill you defended
And as you see
The last sky
Even if you're old
We will still recite your brave heart
Let them not be obliterated by time
When the wind rises
A full page of loyalty will flip through for you
That's the history you've read
And you with blood
Written sequel
Wait until sunrise
We pray for the years
Will soothe those long-sealed responsibilities with harmony
Even if you're in the corner
That should be, too
The warmest corner
An enlarged black-and-white photograph is the eternal freeze frame of the deceased anti-war veterans, and unfortunately we often know veterans through the few pictures and record of only a few words on the Internet, and these records are only a small corner of the veteran's life.
The story of a veteran is experience, the story of a hundred veterans is history, the past of veterans we have not participated in, the future of the memory of the inheritance needs us to be in.
Building a tombstone for the deceased veterans is to protect the story and national memory value of the veterans who still stand firm after the erosion of the wind and rain, and as the carrier of the inheritance of the real anti-japanese war historical record, it stands quietly and in the long river of time, which cannot be doubted.
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