Pohang City Holds Memorial Ceremony for Fallen Student Volunteer Soldiers... Honoring the Noble Spirit of Patriotic Sacrifice

Reading Letters from Combatants and Student Soldiers, Reflecting on the Sacrifice and Dedication of the Student Volunteer Army

Mayor Lee Kang-deok: "We Will Strive to Ensure Student Volunteer Soldiers and National Merit Recipients Receive Proper Ho

On the 11th, Pohang City held the '67th Memorial Ceremony for the Fallen Student Volunteer Soldiers' at the Student Volunteer Soldiers Victory Memorial Hall.

Pohang City held the "67th Memorial Ceremony for Fallen Student Volunteer Soldiers" on the 11th at the Student Volunteer Soldiers Victory Memorial Hall.

The event was held in a solemn atmosphere with the attendance of about 150 people, including Mayor Lee Kang-deok, City Council Chairman Baek In-gyu, National Assembly member Kim Jeong-jae, surviving members of the student volunteer soldiers, heads of veterans' organizations, city and provincial council members, and heads of various institutions and organizations.

The memorial ceremony proceeded in the order of reading the achievements of the student volunteer soldiers, flower offering and incense burning, memorial address, reading letters from student soldiers, and singing the student volunteer soldiers' anthem. In particular, the reading of the 'Mother’s Letter of War Casualty' by student Lee Woo-geun, who died in the Battle of Pohang Girls' Middle School, deeply moved the attendees.

The surviving members of the student volunteer soldiers who attended the event read aloud the achievements, recalling their comrades, along with their own accounts of participating in battles in the Pohang area, including the Pohang district battle, despite being students at the time, to protect the free Republic of Korea.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok said, “As we mark the 70th anniversary of the armistice this year, I hope this memorial ceremony, which deeply engraves the sacrifice and dedication of the student volunteer soldiers in the Pohang area, will serve as an opportunity to inherit their noble spirit and foster patriotism. We will not forget the precious sacrifices and dedication of our predecessors and will strive to ensure that the student volunteer soldiers and national veterans receive proper respect and honor through veterans' welfare.”

The 'Memorial Ceremony for the Fallen Student Volunteer Soldiers,' held annually on August 11, commemorates the 1,394 spirits who died in the Pohang district battles, including the 48 who perished in the Battle of Pohang Girls' Middle School (now Pohang Girls' High School) on the dawn of August 11, 1950, when they were ambushed by North Korean forces, as well as those who died in the Gigae Angang Battle, Hyeongsan River Battle, and Cheonmasan Battle.

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