"Blood and Iron Memory"

Author: Ling Xingzheng
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: "Iron and Blood Memory" is one of the author's "Military Trilogy." During the Korean War, the author was an ordinary cultural soldier in the Volunteer Army, with extraordinary experiences. When the Battle of Jincheng Counterattack was fiercely fought, he was ordered to sneak into the command post tunnel to write the sign "Military Demarcation Line." When the historic moment of armistice arrived, he witnessed peace crossing the threshold of war from the frontline artillery positions. When snow and cold blanketed the deep mountains and forests, he followed the cultural troupe to the site of the Korean People's Army, performing an outdoor cultural show. When signal flares from spies flashed over the small island off the western coast, he interviewed Korean "Amma-nim" (mothers) who broke the ice to rescue sick Volunteer Army soldiers. Based on these precious records from his battlefield diary, the author wrote this heartfelt memory of iron and blood, adding a unique page to military literature in the new century.