The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was the first foreign war after the founding of New China, and this war had an unusual significance for China. In the more than one hundred years of modern times, China has suffered many aggressions and humiliations from great powers, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea was the first time in a hundred years that China had defeated a Western power with its own strength, and it was also the most powerful country in the world at that time, the United States, which was a national humiliation for a hundred years.
The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea completely washed away China's century-old national shame, enabled the Chinese people to truly stand up, and enabled the Chinese nation to once again stand tall among the nations of the world. This war not only has great significance for all the Chinese, but also has a great impact on the Chinese and overseas Chinese in various countries in the world, and has greatly improved the status of these Chinese and overseas Chinese, but in this war, there are some Chinese who have repeatedly requested to join the US army and fight with the volunteer army, and this person is Lu Chaoran.
Lu Chaoran's father, a native of Guangdong, China, immigrated to Hawaii in 1920 and later returned to China to marry on a blind date. After getting married, Lu Chaoran's parents went to California to do business, and Lu Chaoran was born in San Francisco in 1926. Lü Chaoran's parents attach great importance to education, they let Lü Chaoran and his younger siblings learn Chinese from an early age, and sent them to the local Chinese school to study, so Lu Chaoran not only understands English, but also understands Chinese.
Lü Chaoran loved the military when he was young and always wanted to be a soldier. After the Pearl Harbor incident, Lu Chaoran, who was in high school at the time, enrolled in the Junior Reserve Officer School. In 1944, at the age of 18, Lu joined the U.S. Marine Corps and was soon assigned to the Marine Corps Basic School to train instructors. Lu Chaoran had repeatedly requested to participate in World War II, but the racial discrimination policy of the United States at that time was more serious, so he was not allowed to participate.
When the Korean War broke out, Lü Chaoran's parents repeatedly advised him not to sign up for the war, but instead of listening, Lü Chaoran reported to his superiors three times and asked to go to the Korean battlefield, and finally agreed. Many people at the time doubted whether he would be loyal to the United States and whether he would fight the Chinese army, but Lu Chaoran quickly proved himself with his actions. On September 21, 1950, Lü Chaoran, as a second lieutenant platoon leader in the B Company of the 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment, 1st Marine Division, participated in the Inchon landing, and every time he fought, Lü Chaoran would charge in the most dangerous places, deeply trusted by his superiors.
During the Second Campaign to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, more than 100,000 people of the Ninth Corps of the Volunteer Army led by General Song Shilun surrounded tens of thousands of troops led by the US First Marine Division at Chosin Lake, and Lü Chaoran's troops were also among them. During a night battle, Lü Chaoran's troops were surrounded by volunteer officers and soldiers, and Lü Chaoran suddenly shouted at the volunteers: "Don't shoot, I am Chinese." When the officers and men of the volunteer army hesitated, Lu Chaoran immediately seized the opportunity and concentrated superior firepower to break through, causing great casualties to the officers and men of the volunteer army.
On December 8, 1950, Lü Chaoran was seriously injured and sent to Japan for treatment. For his meritorious service in battle, Lü Chaoran was awarded a naval cross, and thus became a hero in the minds of Americans.