Victorious Wartime Generation Are Genuine Revolutionaries and Patriots
Masters Who Solidified Foundation of Powerful, Independent Country
Peace settled in heroic Korea which defeated the US imperialists in the fierce Fatherland Liberation War and created the miracle of the world history of war.
However, to our people who won the war, rehabilitation itself was another harsh ordeal amounting to a war.
The beloved motherland where everything created for the five years after liberation was reduced to ashes called its proud sons and daughters to reconstruction.
The country at that time was in a difficult situation.
However, the people embarked on the construction of a powerful independent country on debris, creating everything from nothing, turning impossible into possible and taking ten, nay, one hundred steps forward while others were taking a single pace.
Ri Myong Won, a girl-hero plasterer, dreamt to be a weaver or study to her heart’s content when she went to Pyongyang after discharge from military service in １９５４.
However, when she accepted the call of the Party upon all to the postwar reconstruction of national economy, she decided to become a plasterer.
She regarded the Party’s ideal as her hope and dream, she worked faithfully to hold up the intention of President
The demobilized soldiers and persons of wartime merits in Kangson waged a vigorous struggle to work world-startling miracles.
Meanwhile, their counterparts of Rakwon manufactured “Chollima” excavators and “Jangbaek” excavators one after another, when they were entrusted with the task to manufacture large excavators, whose name itself was unfamiliar to them, let alone the experience in manufacturing it.
Rodong Sinmun dated January ２２, １９６４ delivered an article about Ri Myong Sok, a battle hero.
He, who became an honored disabled soldier after blocking the enemy’s pillbox with his body during the war, had to be pensioned off.
However, he took charge of mobile projector and traveled even to the out-of-the-way mountain villages with his wounded legs to arm the people with the Party’s ideas and arouse them to actively contribute to the implementation of the Party’s intentions.
As a gem never loses its value even underground, so a hero always leaves noteworthy traces of life wherever he may be.
The country highly appreciated the efforts he devoted for over ten years and awarded another title of Hero of the Republic.
The generation of war victors built Chollima Korea, gave birth to a socialist state and provided the foundation of a powerful independent country, demonstrating the mettle of Koreans once again amid the fierce flames of great upsurge.
Teachers Who Bequeathed Ennobling Soul and Spirit to Posterity
Having bequeathed ennobling soul and spirit to posterity takes an important part in the feats performed by our war veterans.
Heard everywhere on this land is the unanimous voice of the people that they visit war veterans whenever they encounter difficulties to gain strength and courage, they really respect the lofty spiritual world of war veterans and that the victorious wartime generation is, indeed, revolutionary forerunners and teachers who implanted in them genuine soul and spirit.
The war veterans formed lots of "sub-workteam of veterans", "company of veterans", "workteam of veterans" and "sub-workteam of merited persons", thus instilling patriotic spirit into the young generations.
The mere fact that they accomplished the great cause of war victory and bequeathed immortal fame and glory of heroic Korea, heroic people to posterity gives the victorious wartime generation the right to spend their remaining years in comfort.
However, they showed in practice what devoting oneself to the country means.
Indeed, our victorious wartime generation is genuine revolutionaries and patriots who firmly implanted in the hearts of all descendants ennobling soul and spirit with their high-minded examples and contributed to carrying forward forever the heroic fighting spirit.
The great soul and spirit cherished by the victorious wartime generation together with the revolutionary spirit of Paektu created by anti-Japanese revolutionary forerunners serve as the most powerful driving force for the new generation.
The respected Comrade General Secretary
The victorious wartime generation, the genuine revolutionaries, patriots and models of the great, unyielding Korean people, is calling upon us to become genuine revolutionaries who know to unhesitatingly sacrifice our youth and lives for the Party and the leader, true patriots who make devoted efforts on the road of patriotism.
Then our country will, as it has always done, shine forever as heroic Korea in the future, too.
Rodong Sinmun