calendar>>July 30. 2012 Juch 101
Joint Meeting of Service Persons and War Veteran Delegates Held
Pyongyang, July 30 (KCNA) -- A joint meeting of service persons and war veteran delegates took place at the April 25 House of Culture on Monday to celebrate the 59th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War.

Present at the meeting were Kim Yong Nam, Choe Yong Rim, Hyon Yong Chol, Yang Hyong Sop, Kang Sok Ju, Ju Kyu Chang, Ri Pyong Sam, Thae Jong Su and officials of the party, army and working people's organizations, war veteran delegates and service personnel of the Korean People's Army.

War veteran Ri Un Chang said that the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un said that the war veterans are the most precious treasure and invited them to the celebrations of the victory in the war, bestowed the privilege on them and had a photo session with them.

He praised Kim Jong Un as a great leader who embraces all the servicepersons and the people including the war veterans and takes care of their destiny and future in a responsible manner.

KPA General Ji Yong Chun, a war veteran, said he received a congratulatory message from the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and realized what a great trust and a warm love Kim Jong Un gave to the war veterans and what a worthwhile life they led under the care of the great brilliant commander of Songun.

Ji expressed his will to live as he did in the 1950s and hand over the baton of the revolution to the rising generations to train them as Ri Su Bok and An Yong Ae during the Fatherland Liberation War so as to devotedly safeguard Kim Jong Un.

KPA Officer Yom Myong Su said the spirit of devotedly safeguarding the leader, the spirit of defending the country and popular heroism displayed by the heroic soldiers in the 1950s are valuable heritage handed down to the servicepersons and source of invincible power that guarantees the eternal victory for the revolutionary cause of Songun.

KPA Vice Marshal Hyon Yong Chol, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the WPK and chief of the KPA General Staff, called on all the servicepersons to remain loyal to the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Un and continuously glorify the history and tradition of victory of the power of Mt. Paektu.

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