December 31, 1952
Cumming still asleep
Suddenly he was carried into the yard
Take this photo in a hurry
Kang Zhizhong’s family of three took a group photo before his expedition
When he fell asleep again
His father
7th Division of the First Army of the Chinese People’s Volunteers
Commander of the 19th regiment, Kang Zhizhong
He is on his way to the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea
But who knows this time to leave
It turned out to be a farewell
……
June 26, 1953
The 19th regiment is holding an operational meeting
suddenly There was a burst of noise from outside the cave
A shrill roar
The US military dispatched more than 40 military aircraft
To the entrance of the tunnel where the XIX regiment was located
Heavy bombardment
Pouring down
Hundreds of bombs
The mountain collapsed with a bang
The comrades who came to support were digging day and night
It took a month to dig through
114 commanders and fighters in the tunnel
It has long been solidified into 114 statues
Someone held up the phone
Others clutched sapper spades tightly
On the wall not far from Kangzhizhong’s body
Hang a combat map
A photo of his son Cumming is inserted diagonally on it
The son is like this
Special way
Spent the last moments of his life with his father
When Cumming was a child
Especially envious of others having dads
He also asked his mother
Everyone else has dads
What about my dad?
When his mother handed him the photo
He just knew
Dad turned out to have died a long time ago
thereupon
Finding his father’s remains became him
The greatest wish in this life
Cumming from his mother’s letters
And on historical sources
Desperately searching for everything about his father
He traveled the country in search of his father’s comrades
He has also traveled to the Korean Peninsula dozens of times
finally
He got a precious picture
Photo note “Tomb 152”
Kang Zhizhong is buried in Tomb No. 1 of this cemetery
It’s a pity
The cemetery is in a restricted military zone
Inaccessible at all
Cumming can only use satellite maps
Towards the small grave on the screen
Talk to Dad
March 28, 2014
437 bits
The remains of martyrs of the Korean Volunteer Army
Motherland
Cumming knows this
And there was no father for him
But he still arrived at the scene thousands of miles away
As he listened to the song of longing that echoed the sky
As he looked at the coffin
Covered five-star red flag
When he saw the cemetery
The station was full of citizens who spontaneously came to greet them
He suddenly understood
Dad and all the volunteers loyal
Long back
They live forever in the hearts of the people
Source: Central Committee of the Communist Youth League