My hometown, Guogao Village, Shiji Town, Ningjin County, Shandong Province, is a medium-sized village of five or six hundred people, and a total of 52 people enlisted in the army before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
1) During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, there were 12 people, and after the liberation, there were 40 people, and the village sent troops almost every year, and every year some people rushed to sign up for the army, and one person joined the army, and the atmosphere of glory for the whole family was quite strong.
Before liberation, he joined the army for the liberation of the motherland, to resist the aggression of Japanese imperialism, to resist US aggression and aid Korea, to defend his homeland and defend the country, and to go abroad to fight.
The liberation of the armed forces is also for the purpose of defending the motherland, for the peace of the motherland and for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, for the sake of defending the fruits of the people's victories, for defending the territory, airspace and seas of the motherland, and for participating in the great construction of the socialist motherland.
The twelve people who joined the army before the liberation were:
Guo Deshan, Guo Qinglai, Guo Lianshun, Guo Shusen, Guo Qingqing, Guo Shuzhen, Guo Lianwen, Wang Senhe, Guo Fuming, Guo Dehai, Guo Lianxin, Guo Shantang.
Guo Deshan died on the battlefield during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, his mother Li Jinzhen was an old martyr in the village who was admired and cared for by everyone, Guo Lianshun died in the Motherland Liberation War, they all became revolutionary martyrs, and their names were recorded in the list of martyrs in Ningjin County.
Among the 12 soldiers, Guo Shusen stayed in Urumqi, Xinjiang, Guo Lianxin, Guo Shantang, and Guo Dehai stayed in Changchun, Jilin Province, Wang Senhe stayed in the ancient capital of Xi'an, and Guo Lianwen stayed in Baoqing County, Heilongjiang.
After the liberation, there were 40 people who signed up to join the army, and they were:
Guo Lianzhi, Guo Jingang, Guo Xiangjie, Guo Zhenming, Guo Zhiling, Guo Lianfu, Guo Futong, Guo Jindong, Guo Shuhua, Guo Qinghuai, Guo Zhihe, Li Xiuying, Wang Youjin, Guo Yunsong, Guo Shucheng, Guo Shusheng, Guo Limin, Guo Zhenling, Guo Yanzhi, Guo Binghua, Guo Bingsheng, Guo Baojiang, Guo Yunliang, Guo Qingchun, Guo Zhizhong, Guo Zhiyong, Guo Shudong, Guo Lihai, Guo Liqiang, Guo Deqing, Guo Yungong, Guo Honglin, Guo Wanpeng, Guo Yunlai, Guo Huaizhi, Guo Guoyong, Guo Guoguo, Guo Huaining, Guo Junle.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Guo Qinglai, Guo Deshan, Guo Lianxin, Guo Dehai joined the army, Guo Qinglai was the first person to join the army in Guo Gao Village, after being wounded in the War of Resistance against Japan, he was captured by the Japanese and went to work as a laborer to dig coal kilns for three years, and did not return to China until the end of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression when he exchanged prisoners.
Those who joined the army during the Liberation War were: Guo Shusen, Guo Qingqing, Guo Lianwen, Guo Shuzhen, Wang Senhe, Guo Fuming, Guo Lianshun, and Guo Shantang.
The three fighters who went abroad to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea were Guo Shuzhen, Guo Lianwen, and Wang Senhe, who won many medals, medals and certificates in North Korea, among which the certificates and medals won by Guo Shuzhen and Guo Lianwen were all collected in the Dezhou City Archives, and the certificates and medals won by Wang Senhe were stored in the ancient capital of Xi'an.
2) Among the 52 soldiers, the youngest was Wang Senhe, who was only 14 years old when he joined the army for his father in 1948, and was not as tall as a gun, and was known as a child soldier in the army.
After joining the army and retiring from the army, the elder is Guo Xiangjie, born in 1939, joined the army in 1962 during the Sino-Indian self-defense counterattack war, arranged to work in a regional construction company after retiring from the army, and took the squad leader for the construction site, and was rated as an advanced worker for many years, a work model, a model party member, and returned to his hometown Guo Gao Village to live after retirement.
After joining the army, Guo Shusen, who was promoted to the highest position, was the chief procurator of the procuratorate of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and was at the department level; in 1961, when there was a big flood in his hometown, he did everything possible to help transport sugar beets and shredded beets to his hometown, which touched the leaders of Ningjin County in his hometown and the people affected by the disaster in the county, and the county appointed county magistrate Chen Xinghe to Xinjiang to make a special trip to Xinjiang to send a pennant to express his gratitude.
Guo Gao, who won prestige and became a writer, participated in the Jinan Campaign as a war correspondent, and then transferred to local work, loved literary creation all his life, and wrote a number of short stories and poems, his famous work was created in the early seventies of the last century The Anti-Japanese War theme "The Big Knife" was made into a movie and TV series, and there is a Guo Qingqing Memorial Hall in the west of the village, which has become one of the local red education bases.
Guo Lianzhi was the first compulsory soldier in the village to go out after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and after demobilization, he worked in the village, was honest and willing to work, worked diligently and served farmers, and had a good reputation, and was a good example of veterans working hard and working as farmers.
Guo Yunsong, the son of Guo Shuzhen, who stayed in Xinjiang, was born in 1952 and went to Xinjiang with his parents in 1961.
Guo Qinghuai, Guo Zhihe, Wang Youjin are the winners of the medal for the 50th anniversary of joining the party in the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party, Guo Qinghuai returned to his hometown to farm, served as a production captain, repaired the river and farmed the land to send public grain, walked in the front everywhere, did not seek fame and fortune, was honest and responsible, raised cattle to get rich, and was praised by the villagers.
Guo Binghua was a person who participated in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, broke the border and was wounded in the foot while seizing the position, and after returning to his hometown, he actively participated in agricultural labor, honored his mother, and also served as a village cadre.
Guo Zhihe and Guo Shucheng were promoted among the conscripts, Guo Zhihe has been in the army for decades, recuperated from injuries in the performance of tasks, enjoyed the treatment of disabled soldiers, military uniforms have been accompanied by nearly 30 years, and found a military wife Li Xiuying as a companion, envied by the villagers, Li Xiuying is the only female soldier in Guo Gao Village, is a soldier's wife, and is also a regular soldier, and is the most passionate model figure in the army, winning glory for the people of his hometown.
Guo Shucheng was a battalion cadre of Unit 823 in the desert of Xinjiang, and after changing jobs, he worked in the People's Bank of China and enjoyed the treatment of disabled soldiers.
Guo Yanzhi served in the army, won a number of awards and commendations, collectively transferred to Beijing Urban Construction Group, participated in the construction of the first memorial hall, won the construction certificate, in the capital, the heart of the hometown, he was in the noble state of mind wife Shi Huajun resolutely supported, for the transformation of the village and the printing of the "Guo Gao Village Genealogy Map", has twice donated 10,000 yuan of funds, he also led the brothers and the descendants of the family to donate more for the construction of the village, is the largest donation of the family, widely praised and praised by the villagers and society.
3) In the 216 large-scale construction of the village, the veterans played a very big leading role, and among the six people who donated more than 5,000 yuan, the veterans accounted for four, they were Guo Shucheng, Guo Yanzhi, Guo Zhihe, and Wang Youjin.
Guo Zhenling, a veteran, and his wife Yang Jingui, who has served as the village women's director for 20 years, supported their son Guo Yanhui, who worked hard in Beijing, to donate 10,000 yuan to support the construction of the village.
Guo Zhiyong, a veteran, has served as the secretary of the village branch in the village for more than 20 years, doing everything possible to lead the villagers to get rich, and strive to solve the problems of difficult roads, bridges, water, electricity and lighting in the village, support the villagers to get rich personally, support and cooperate with the work of the first secretary appointed by the superiors, strive to resolve various contradictions and disputes, carry forward the spirit of Guo Qingqing, help build the Guo Qingqing Memorial Hall, change the appearance of the village, make Guo Gao Village one of the red education bases, won the provincial most beautiful village, and strive for the strong support and investment of the superiors. It is a city, county and township multi-award winner village.
The 51 servicemen in Guogao Village, some of whom have been working outside the country after joining the army, and some of whom have returned to their hometowns to work as farmers, have actively participated in the construction of the motherland, worked diligently, worked hard, and won glory for the people of their hometowns.
Those veterans who returned to their hometowns actively participated in production and labor, carried forward the fine traditions of the army, maintained the glorious nature of soldiers, and became the most hardworking, hardworking, and down-to-earth force in the production and life of the village, and were praised by the villagers.
Those veterans who have participated in the work abroad have become the backbone of the construction of the socialist motherland, dedicating themselves to various work posts, and working hard in the north and south of the great rivers of the motherland, inside and outside the Great Wall, all over the world, up and down the urban and rural areas, and far from the interior and frontier.
Attached is the ** provided by 34 veterans and their families, which is a collection of historical materials and a memory. This article and all ** were selected for the seventh volume of the Past Book Series "Memories of the Past".
About author:Wang Youjin, a retired cadre of the Dezhou banking system, joined the army in 1969, originally from Guo Gao Village, Shiji Town, Ningjin County, Shandong, and Guo Qingqing, the author of "The Legend of the Big Knife", is from the same village.