On August 5, 1953, the DPRK and China held a welcome party for the returnees in Panmunjom, and these returnees were all prisoners of war captured by the US military during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
Among this group of prisoners of war, there was also a female comrade, and she was also the only female soldier in this batch of repatriated prisoners of war, her name was Yang Yuhua, Yang Yuhua was only in her early twenties at that time, but at such an age, Yang Yuhua had been in the US prisoner of war camp for more than two years and was tortured.
So, how exactly was Yang Yuhua captured by the U.S. military? After being captured, what inhuman torture did Yang Yuhua suffer? After being released, how did her life change?
Yang Yuhua was born in a wealthy family in Sichuan, received a good education since childhood, Yang Yuhua was born when the People's Liberation Army was showing its strength in the country, she heard a lot of glorious deeds about the People's Liberation Army, so she was full of good feelings for this people's army, and when she was a child, she often acted as a "righteous soldier" in the neighborhood.
It's just that Yang Yuhua's family has always been extremely worried about Yang Yuhua's mentality, Yang Yuhua's parents feel that it is too dangerous for a girl to become a soldier, and the girl should honestly go to a normal college, and then become a teacher after graduation to teach and educate people, but Yang Yuhua does not want to spend his life in such a mediocre life, so when applying for the university, Yang Yuhua entered the military district health school despite the opposition of his family.
Yang Yuhua, who entered the military district health school, was soon assigned to the 180th division medical team, starting from the basics, and just when Yang Yuhua was working hard to learn various medical knowledge, the Korean War broke out.
On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began in the roar of heavy artillery, and the North Korean People's Army marched all the way to South Korea to attack, however, just when the victory of North Korea was in sight, the United States formed a 17-nation coalition at this time to intervene, after MacArthur landed at Incheon, the North Korean People's Army was defeated and retreated, but the "United **" still did not mean to stop, while pursuing the North Korean People's Army, the war was led to the banks of the Yalu River, resulting in the property of the people in the northeastern border areas of our country. Lives are at stake.
In order to save the North Korean regime that was in danger, and also to protect the family and defend the country, he decided to "resist US aggression and aid Korea, protect the home and defend the country", at the same time, all departments of the Volunteer Army were also urgently assembled and ready to go to North Korea at any time, and Yang Yuhua's health team was also in the ranks of entering North Korea at that time.
For Yang Yuhua, the impact of this war in North Korea on her is positive, as a soldier, she always dreams of being able to contribute to the front line, this war in North Korea is the opportunity she dreamed of, but for Yang Yuhua's family, this is extremely worrying for them, the battlefield situation is ever-changing, a girl goes to the battlefield alone, how can the family rest assured that she will go.
But Yang Yuhua has made up her mind, this trip to North Korea has been unstoppable, although the moment she left home Yang Yuhua had a lot of thoughts in her heart, but she knew very well that she was doing a big thing for the country and the people, she could not retreat at all, when crossing the Yalu River, Yang Yuhua kept telling herself: "I am no longer a child, but a soldier."
After coming to the Korean battlefield, the actual situation was more difficult than Yang Yuhua imagined, because the US army occupied the advantage of the best equipment, bombing our army indiscriminately, resulting in the increasing number of wounded soldiers in our army, and the logistics supply line was also destroyed, many soldiers fought against the enemy on the front line, but it was difficult to replenish even a full meal, and they could only rely on some fried noodles and frozen potatoes and other foods to barely satisfy their hunger.
Seeing the front-line soldiers living in such an embarrassing situation, Yang Yuhua was distressed, in order to save as much as possible for the front-line soldiers, Yang Yuhua gave all her share of food to the soldiers, and she herself was alone in the barren frozen soil of North Korea to find wild vegetables to satisfy hunger, Yang Yuhua knew that although her strength was weak, even if it was insignificant, she had to make as much effort as possible.
It's just that although wild vegetables can satisfy hunger, not all wild vegetables can be eaten, some wild vegetables contain slightly poisonous, but Yang Yuhua has no research on these, because he is too hungry, Yang Yuhua swallowed all the wild vegetables he could find, but soon reacted, and for a while Yang Yuhua vomited and diarrhea, and the whole person fell into a semi-comatose state.
In order to get out of the danger zone before the encirclement has not been sealed, the cadres of the 180th Division urgently arranged for the troops to break out of the encirclement and break through into two teams, the first echelon is responsible for opening the road, and the second echelon is responsible for transporting the wounded.
Because Yang Yuhua was still in a coma, he was arranged in the second echelon, and was carried by the stretcher team to evacuate with other wounded, but unfortunately, the stretcher team was discovered by the enemy on the way to evacuate, and then fierce artillery fire followed, and the stretcher team had no choice but to choose a nearby cave to take refuge, but how could the US army leave so easily, seeing the stretcher team hiding in the cave, the US army immediately sent several rockets into the hole.
After a bombing, only 5 people from the stretcher team hiding in the tunnel survived, and the others all died, and Yang Yuhua was one of the 5 people, after the bombing, the U.S. military found Yang Yuhua who was still alive when cleaning the battlefield, and then took her to the U.S. Army field hospital.
After Yang Yuhua recovered, he was sent to the female prisoner camp by the U.S. military, where Yang Yuhua met many female comrades who were captured like her, although they have been reduced to prisoners, but the faces of these people are unyielding and tenacious, and they are also prisoners of war, these people gave Yang Yuhua great care and care, so that she also felt the warmth of relatives in a foreign country.
It's just that the U.S. prisoner of war camp is not as good as imagined, in order to dig up useful information from the prisoners of war, Yang Yuhua and a group of prisoners of war often have to endure the flesh and skin pain given by the U.S. military, these torture methods are cruel, so that the torture sufferers are painful, even after many years, Yang Yuhua still has lingering palpitations about this experience, and has never been willing to recall.
But under such high pressure, Yang Yuhua is still not afraid, Yang Yuhua and other prisoners of war together continue to raise ** to the US army, and even use hunger strike as a threat, every time the enemy is violent to them, they will sing the Chinese revolutionary song loudly, they always believe that evil does not prevail over good, we will definitely win the final victory of the war.
But the struggle will inevitably have **, especially unarmed prisoners of war like Yang Yuhua, so during the struggle, several prisoners of war died because of this, and at that time, Yang Yuhua was too young to be repeatedly blocked by her compatriots, and she was not allowed to go to the front line of the struggle, which saved her life.
On April 11, 1953, after nearly two years of bargaining, the Korean armistice negotiations finally reached a consensus, in accordance with the requirements of the armistice agreement, the two sides began to repatriate the sick and wounded prisoners, for Yang Yuhua, who has been imprisoned for two years, this is undoubtedly a great news, that day, Yang Yuhua and his compatriots waved the five-star red flag made of old fabrics, and sang loudly.
On August 5, 1953, Yang Yuhua and more than 400 other female prisoners of war boarded the train to their homeland from Busan, Yang Yuhua was in a good mood, and his compatriots sang and danced on the train, which made the US military very angry, before the train left, the US army threw a few tear gas canisters into the carriage, Yang Yuhua knew that this was the last impotent rage of the US military.
After getting off the train, Yang Yuhua was warmly received by the cadres of our army, and Director Du Ping ran over to hold her hand for the first time, and said to her: "You have suffered, and now you are back, the motherland is your mother, don't be afraid anymore", Yang Yuhua, who listened to the words, couldn't stop crying.
After returning from the Korean front, Yang Yuhua returned to her hometown of Sichuan, where she chose to be an ordinary person, she used to think that being a teacher was boring, but after this series of things, Yang Yuhua has stabilized her mind, watching a group of future flowers of the motherland thrive, Yang Yuhua suddenly felt that such a life is not great.
Later, Yang Yuhua got married and had children in her hometown, living like an ordinary person, she never said that she was a glorious volunteer soldier, let alone mention her experience in the US prisoner of war camp to outsiders, and even her children did not know that their mother had experienced such an experience, until the 70th anniversary of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in 2020, the country sent condolences to the great volunteer soldiers, including Yang Yuhua, and people found out that Yang Yuhua had made contributions.
It is precisely because of the efforts of this group of people that today's China can stand proudly in the forest of the world, and today's happy life is the blood of the martyrs, we do not forget the past and pay tribute to the martyrs.