109 volunteer martyrs returned to the embrace of the motherland

Original title: 109 volunteer martyrs return to the embrace of the motherland

▲ on September 2, at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, the salute escorted the coffin containing the remains of volunteer martyrs from the special plane to the coffin placement area
Xinhua news agency, Shenyang, September 2 - on the morning of September 2, the remains of the eighth batch of Chinese people's volunteer martyrs in South Korea were escorted by a special plane of our air force from South Korea to Shenyang, Liaoning. 109 volunteer martyrs and 1226 related relics returned to the embrace of the motherland.
At 9:00, China and South Korea held a handover ceremony of the remains of volunteer martyrs at Incheon International Airport, South Korea. At 11:26, the special plane of the air force landed smoothly at Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. After the special plane entered China's airspace, two fighter planes of the air force escorted it to pay high tribute to the volunteer martyrs. Shenyang Taoxian International Airport welcomed the volunteer martyrs home with the highest courtesy of "crossing the Watergate".
At 12:37, the welcoming ceremony of the remains of volunteers was held at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport. Sun Shaocheng, Minister of Veterans Affairs, presided over the meeting. About 230 people, including the Central Foreign Liaison Department, the Ministry of foreign affairs, the Ministry of finance, the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, the International Military Cooperation Office of the Central Military Commission, the Liaoning provincial Party committee and provincial government, the Shenyang municipal Party committee and municipal government, the people's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force stationed in Shenyang, as well as the relatives of martyrs and officers and soldiers of the volunteer army, attended the meeting.
The atmosphere at the ceremony was solemn. The coffins of the martyrs' remains of the volunteers were covered with the bright red national flag of the people's Republic of China. The officers and soldiers of the people's Liberation Army who were greeted at the scene were dignified and stood with guns. All the personnel at the scene bowed to the martyrs' remains three times.
The loyal soul will not die, and the spirit will last forever. After the ceremony, the coffin of the remains of the volunteer martyrs was escorted to the cemetery of the martyrs in Shenyang to resist US aggression and aid Korea. At 10:00 on the 3rd, the burial ceremony of the remains of the eighth batch of Chinese people's volunteer martyrs in South Korea will be held in the volunteer Martyrs Memorial square in the cemetery. From 2014 to 2020, the remains of 716 volunteer martyrs in Korea returned to the motherland and were buried here.
Relatives of two Fujian volunteer martyrs found
Herald News (reporter Liu long) recently, good news came from the Ministry of Veterans Affairs. Of the seventh batch of 117 volunteer martyrs in Korea who returned in 2020, four martyrs officially confirmed that they had found relatives. The four martyrs are: martyr Liang Baiyou, martyr Zhan Zhizhong, martyr Wu xiongkui and martyr Lin Shuishi.
Among them, martyr Wu xiongkui is from Minhou County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. He was born in 1931. He was a soldier of the 7th company, 3rd Battalion, 218 regiment, 73rd division of the volunteer army. He died in Tieyuan County, Jiangyuan road in July 1953. Martyr Lin Shuishi was born in Zhangpu County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province in October 1928. He took part in the revolution in April 1949 and participated in the war of liberation. During the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, he was incorporated into the 6th company, 2nd Battalion, 218 regiment, 73rd division, 23rd army of the Chinese people's Volunteer Army. He once won the fourth class merit and died in Tieyuan County, Jiangyuan road in June 1953.
Yesterday, the remains of the eighth batch of Chinese people's volunteers in South Korea returned home. On the same day, the relatives of Zhangpu volunteer martyr Lin Shuishi also arrived in Shenyang. As the representative of the relatives of the seventh batch of Korean volunteer martyrs returning home, he participated in the welcome back and burial ceremony of the remains of the eighth batch of Korean volunteer martyrs held in Shenyang.