Recently, today's headlines "Looking for the Descendants of Martyrs" public welfare project cooperated with the Taierzhuang War Memorial Hall to help the heroic martyrs who died in the Taierzhuang Battle to find their descendants.
The Battle of Taierzhuang was the first major victory won by the Chinese army on the frontal battlefield since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. In the fierce fighting of nearly half a month, more than 30,000 soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country, but only more than 4,000 martyrs can be verified.
"Carry forward the great spirit of the War of Resistance, inherit precious memories, and let us act together to help the martyrs find their loved ones." Kong Lingxin, director of the Taierzhuang War Memorial Hall, said.
Taierzhuang Great War Memorial Hall Heroic Wall
What I am looking for this time is a descendant of a heroic martyr in Kaifeng, Henan, Chen Qiming.
According to the data, Chen Qiming was a second lieutenant platoon commander of the 66th Company of the 66th Regiment of the 31st Division. After the outbreak of the Battle of Taierzhuang, he died in the battle of Taierzhuang. According to archival records, his father was Chen Dewang.
According to the staff of the Taierzhuang War Memorial Hall, the entire Taierzhuang War went through many battles, such as the Chihuai Blockade Battle, the Jining, the Wenshang Attack Battle, and the Fujian County Defense Battle, from the early stage of the blockade to the final decisive battle.
The Taierzhuang Great War Memorial Hall is located in the southwest suburbs of Taierzhuang District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province. It was funded and built by the People's Government of Taierzhuang District in 1992 and officially opened to the public on April 8, 1993, covering an area of 34,000 square meters, integrating exhibition hall, film and television museum and panoramic painting hall. On August 24, 2004, the Taierzhuang Great War Memorial Hall was announced by the State Council as the first list of 80 national-level anti-war memorial facilities and sites.
In order to remember history and carry forward the spirit of patriotism, in 2013, the Taierzhuang Great War Memorial Hall carried out the activity of "Heroes Taierzhuang, Looking for Heroes and Heroes of the Great War", through the Internet, Weibo and other ways, to find the unknown martyrs in the Great War, so that their names will be recorded in the annals of the History of the Great War.
Taierzhuang Great War Memorial Hall
The names of the heroes and martyrs of the Taierzhuang Great War Memorial Hall are engraved on the heroic walls of the Taierzhuang Great War Memorial Hall. The purpose of helping the martyrs to find their relatives this time is to let the descendants of the heroes know the place of martyrdom and facilitate the commemoration activities.
"The Taierzhuang Great War Memorial Hall invites everyone to participate in the activities of finding the relatives of the martyrs, so that the heroic souls of the martyrs can return home, so that the loyal souls of the martyrs are no longer alone, and the relatives of the martyrs are not concerned." Kong Lingxin, director of the Taierzhuang War Memorial Hall, said.
Students pay their respects at the Taierzhuang Great War Memorial Hall
Today's headlines are committed to using science and technology to promote the heroic deeds and patriotic spirit of the martyrs.
Today's headlines "Looking for the Descendants of Martyrs" public welfare project cooperated with the Taierzhuang Memorial Hall, through the materials compiled by the memorial hall, the information of the martyrs who have not found relatives and have a clear place of origin will be pushed to the martyrs' hometowns using geographical location recommendation technology.
To commemorate the merits of the martyrs and comfort the heroic souls of the martyrs; today's headlines public welfare search launched the "Looking for the Descendants of The Martyrs" project, cooperating with the Taierzhuang War Memorial Hall and other units to jointly release the "Looking for the Descendants of the Heroes and Martyrs of the Taierzhuang War". In the past successful cases, the media relay to find the descendants of martyrs, played a great role, today's headlines sincerely invite media across the country to participate in the "search for martyrs descendants of the media volunteer service group".
If you have any clues about the descendants of the martyrs, or the media who wish to jointly participate in the search for the descendants of the martyrs, please contact the headline search (email: [email protected]; tel: 010-58341776) and the Taierzhuang Great War Memorial Hall Office (Tel: 0632-6612711).