86 year old veterans donate the bag of Xu Shiyou Award
Shandong Commercial Daily
there are also other three precious revolutionary cultural relics
Zuo Zhiqiang's donation general award to his cattle purse reporter Zheng Xinru Ji'nan news (reporter Zheng Xinru) yesterday morning (reporter Zheng Xinru) yesterday morning, the 86 year old soldier Zuo Zhiqiang awarded him general Xu Shiyou, the General Commander of the battle of Ji'nan for years, to his cow bag, the people of the war of resistance to aid and aid Korea to consolate the handmade bowls of the volunteers. His military hat and the people's consolation of the enamel cup of the PLA in the first time of 50s in the last century were donated to the Ji'nan Memorial Hall in Ji'nan. In order to thank the elderly for their generous donation, the memorial hall held a donation ceremony to give him a certificate of collection.
the 86 year old man took part in the battle of Ji'nan, the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, and the war in the battle of the upper Gansu mountains. Nearly 20 medals in front of the chest recorded his life in the army. "This briefcase was awarded to me by general Xu Shiyou." Stroking the bag, Zuo Zhiqiang said to the old man. In 1948, he was the deputy chief of the telephone switchboard and the head of the first class, which provided the command of Xu Shiyou's headquarters in Yin Jia shop. Because of his excellent performance, he ensured that Xu Shiyou, the commander of the east line army of the East China Field Army, and the commanders of other regiments were accurate, unimpeded and brave. A row of captives was captured. After the end of the campaign, his outstanding performance left a deep impression on Xu Shiyou, who was the commander of the eastern field army east line Corps. Xu Shiyou personally awarded him a new briefcase, and ordered the whole army to honor Zuo Zhiqiang two. For many years, Zuo Zhiqiang has always treasured it and used it to educate his descendants.
talking about the donation, the old man smiled, "in fact, I wanted to leave these things to my children. Later, however, it was more meaningful to donate it to our memorial hall. I want to tell the later people through these collections, first of all, our happy life is not easy, we must know how to cherish; the second is to have a revolutionary spirit that is willing to pay and not be afraid of sacrifice. " "After we have received the cultural relics of Zuo Lao, we will send it to the experts to identify it. If it is confirmed, the cultural relics of the memorial hall of the Ji'nan campaign will be a promotion." Sun Xiaofeng, curator of the Ji'nan Campaign Memorial Hall, said that at present, there are more than 300 cultural relics in the museum.