Married for 9 months, her husband went to the battlefield
Separated for more than 70 years
The wife has no children and no daughters to wait for her life
……
The report touched countless netizens
On the hot search list
Behind this is a group of people
To make the hero no longer "nameless"
Help the martyrs find their relatives
unremitting efforts
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The wife has been childless and childless for more than 70 years
January 11, 2022
Approaching the Spring Festival
To help the Unknown Soldier "go home"
Bureau of Veterans Affairs of Jinan City, Shandong Province
The family search team embarks on a journey
This time they brought a total of 18 clues
There are 3 martyrs who have been identified as having immediate family members
Zhaoyuan, Haiyang and Muping in Yantai
Sunjia Village, Zhuwu Town, Haiyang, Yantai
Zhang Shuqing, wife of the martyr Sun Xuetong
I am 94 years old this year
Too much time has passed
She only remembers her husband Sun Xuetong
The day I left home was the fifth day of the first month of June
That day, it rained heavily
They were only 9 months married
Elder Zhang Shuqing said
She waited, waited until now...
Sun Xuetong, born in July 1929
July 1947 Participation Revolution
He disappeared in August 1948
He was posthumously honored as a martyr in August 1958
Leaving his wife Zhang Shuqing alone
Childless and childless, he waited all his life
She said:
"If only I could see him as a real person."
I really wanted to pinch him twice
Why leave me behind
I think he's pretty good to me."
Staff of Jinan Veterans Affairs Bureau
Tell Zhang Shuqing the elderly
"Around the Qingming Festival
To be in the Jinan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery
Erect a monument to the martyr Sun Xuetong
This is a condolence payment from the government department
You hold"
Old Man Zhang Shuqing said
"I don't have much to spend money on
My wish is to donate money to the most needy people."
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Never felt the love of the Father
"I'm about to go into the ground, and I see my father again..."
Yantai Zhaoyuan Silkworm Zhuang Town Yanhou Village
Zhang Huilan, the daughter of martyr Zhang Zhaoqing
Didn't sleep well for a few days
She said
"The one who looks like he's about to go into the ground."
I saw my father again
I have never received fatherly love in my life."
Zhang Huilan is 76 years old
She was less than 3 years old
His father, Zhang Zhaoqing, left home
Head to the battlefield
Since then, there has been no news
That year
Zhang Huilan's uncle was in the communications class
Father in artillery squad
The uncle said he had met her father while resting on the march
The father took out a pocket watch and gave it to him
Say you don't know when you're going to die
Uncle said no
You may not be able to live
More than 70 years have passed
Zhang Huilan was beside the old man
Only one martyr's certificate remains
It was the only sustenance she had for missing her father
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DNA technology facilitates family searching
Let the martyrs be "famous" and let the heroes "go home"
Inside the Martyrs' Cemetery in Jinan, Shandong Province
There is a "Unknown Soldier" park
Here is buried during the Liberation of Jinan Campaign
790 unknown martyrs who died
September 16, 1948
The East China Field Army launched an attack on Jinan
After 8 days and nights of offensive operations
On September 24
Liberated the enemy's heavily garrisoned city of Jinan
A great victory in the Battle of Jinan was achieved
In the bloody struggle of 8 days and 8 nights
More than 5,000 soldiers spilled their blood on Quancheng
Among them are 790 "unknown" martyrs
Buried in the Jinan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery
"Help the martyrs find a home, fulfill a dream of their loved ones"
Starting in 2021
Jinan Veterans Affairs Bureau
Utilizing DNA technology
DNA samples of 685 "unknown" martyrs were extracted
As of now
A total of 45 martyrs were found
The imprint of a family hunt
He stayed in Yantai, Weihai, Dezhou and Jining
And other 8 prefectures and cities more than 20 districts and counties
Inaccurate information, regional planning adjustments
All of this adds a lot of difficulties to the journey of finding relatives
Some martyrs joined the army as teenagers
Relatively young, not a family
The people in the village are not very clear
There is little information to grasp and it is difficult to find
A lot of docking work needs to be done
Many martyrs are older
Some people may live their entire lives
None of them can be determined where the sacrificed loved ones will be buried
But for the Jinan Veterans Affairs Bureau
This "rescue"-style work cannot wait
Make "nameless" martyrs "famous"
Help them "reunite" with their loved ones
This journey to find relatives will continue!
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Pay tribute to the martyrs and their families
Editor-in-charge: Guo Yanhui
Proofreader: Du Xiaojin (intern) Wang Jiayi (intern)