"It's been 74 years, my brother has finally been found, and the last wish of my parents has finally been fulfilled." When the 78-year-old Jiao Fulan learned that his brother Jiao Futian's martyr's place of sacrifice and the mausoleum had been found, he was so excited that he burst into tears!
During the Qingming Festival this year, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and the People's Daily New Media continued to carry out the activity of "searching relatives for martyrs", and selected 40 information about relatives tracing from the "Government Public Service Platform for Martyrs to Find Relatives" to collect clues from the whole society.
Up to now, it has been confirmed by the Department of Veterans Affairs that the relatives of the four martyrs have been successfully searched.
Martyr Jiao Futian is one of them.
One day 74 years ago, Jiao Futian's parents rushed to visit their son's army station and watched his son follow the army to the battlefield of the Huaihai Campaign. Who knew that this parting would become a lifetime farewell.
"The martyr's card was mailed back, and I only knew that my brother died, but no one knew where he was buried." Jiao Fulan recalled, "My parents always asked someone to look for my brother's tomb, but there was no news. He passed away with regret, and before his death, he also asked his descendants to continue searching, and he must visit my brother's grave."
In the past, wars were raging and mountains and rivers were separated.
Today, the "Family Search for Martyrs" campaign reconnects martyrs with their relatives.
In this year's family tracing activities, 30 relatives of martyrs are looking for the burial places of martyrs, and 10 are known burial places of martyrs looking for relatives of martyrs.
In Chengwu County, Heze City, Shandong Province, a comrade from the local Veterans Affairs Bureau saw that there was a martyr named "Jiao Xiangtian" who was a Chengwu martyr in the family tracing information. After repeated verification with the Huaihai Campaign Shuangduiji Martyrs Cemetery, it was finally confirmed that the "Jiao Xiangtian" martyr should be the Jiao Futian martyr.
What is the reason for the "deviation" in the information of the martyrs?
It turned out that due to the handwriting of the year, there were errors in "image" and "blessing", "Nine Girl Rong Village" and "Nine Girl Village".
In the end, the Chengwu County Veterans Affairs Bureau successfully found the sister, sister-in-law and four nephews of Martyr Jiao Futian.
The bureau said that the next step will be to actively connect with the relatives of the martyrs, and when the epidemic dissipates, it will organize the relatives of the martyrs Jiao Futian to go to the martyrs' burial place to pay homage.
In Changyi City, Shandong Province, information about relatives looking for the burial site of Martyr Li Hongxu attracted the attention of the local Veterans Affairs Bureau and other departments.
After several turns, they learned from the old man Yang Zhizhong, who had been guarding the Martyrs Cemetery in Yinma Town, Changyi City for 21 years, that on the tombstone of Martyrs No. 11 in the fifth cemetery of Yinma Martyrs Cemetery, the words "The Tomb of Martyr Li Hongxu" were engraved. The time of sacrifice was a glorious sacrifice in the battle of Sanheshan in August 1947.
At this point, the relatives of Martyr Li Hongxu in Laiyang City, Shandong Province finally know that the martyr's burial place is in Yinma Martyrs Cemetery.
In addition, with the efforts of relevant units, media and netizens in various places, Martyrs Wei Lixiang and Martyrs Liao Qifu also succeeded in finding relatives.
"Do your best to make the best of your true feelings. Salute to the martyrs!" "I look forward to the martyrs returning to their relatives and friends as soon as possible. Forward it!" "Countless martyrs shed their blood for our beautiful life today, and let each of us do our little bit. The power to help martyrs find their relatives"... In the "Find relatives for the martyrs" activity, netizens left messages, forwarded them, and responded positively.
The Weibo topic #Searching for relatives for martyrs# has been read more than 500 million times, with a cumulative reading of nearly 1.9 billion times.
The Douyin platform and the "Toutiao Tracing" column will accurately push the clues to the relatives according to the martyrs' sacrifice sites and their hometowns.
The relative search mailbox opened by the People's Daily client received more than 120 clues to find relatives.
Those martyrs who sacrificed themselves, together with the touching stories behind them, moved everyone who participated in the family search activities.
At present, there are still some martyrs' family tracing clues under verification.
The activity of "finding relatives for the martyrs" will be carried out for a long time.
If you have any clues or needs to find relatives, you can contact the local veterans affairs department or log in to the “martyrs’ relatives tracing public service platform” of the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit.
Let us work together to help more martyrs find their relatives!