Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping's reply to all comrades in the Sichuan Provincial Revolutionary Disabled Soldiers' Recuperation Home has generated a warm response among the vast number of retired soldiers. Early in the morning of October 22, the staff of the Gaoping District Veterans Affairs Bureau went to the home of Li Tiangen, a veteran of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, to bring him the good news.
It has been learned that Li Tiangen joined the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea at the age of 16 and is now over eighty years old. Recalling the time when he participated in the war, he still remembers it vividly. "Once a shell exploded next to me, and I crawled with a rolling belt, and luckily only suffered a slight injury." Li Tiangen lifted his trouser leg, and the scar on his calf was clearly visible: "This is the mark left by that time, I think it is very glorious." Although the legs and feet are not flexible now, they are already very content. ”
As a veteran of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Li Tiangen was full of affection for the party and the state in his heart. When he heard Xi Jinping say in his reply that the party and the people will never forget the merits of the volunteer soldiers and heroic models, and hope that they will continue to contribute their strength to the party and the people, the veteran soldier was extremely moved: "Thank you very much for the concern of the general secretary and the party Central Committee, as a retired veteran, the party and the government have not forgotten us, and we retired veterans are very happy in their old age." ”
Speaking of today's happy life, Li Tiangen sighed infinitely: "Under the leadership of General Secretary Xi, social development is changing with each passing day, and the days of lack of clothing and food are gone. Now it's a delicious meal every day, and all you see when you go out is high-rise buildings. In this regard, he encouraged young people to cherish their current lives and continue to contribute to the cause of socialism. He said that in the days to come, he will continue to exert his residual enthusiasm, tell the story of the War of Resistance, and convey the voice of the party to the people around him.
It has been learned that there are 396 soldiers in Gaoping District who have gone abroad to fight in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, all of whom have enjoyed preferential care policies in accordance with relevant state regulations. At the same time, the government has also provided them with a series of local preferential care policies such as medical subsidies and housing subsidies.
Yuan Linlin, director of the Military Support and Preferential Care Unit of the District Veterans Affairs Bureau, said that as veterans affairs workers, they will continue to implement the spirit of the important instructions of the Party Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping, serve the vast number of retired soldiers with heart and affection, improve the level of service guarantees, and let the vast number of retired soldiers become respected by the whole society.
Gaoping District Rong Media Center reporter: Chen Hongxia reported