BEIJING: The remains of 43 Chinese soldiers who died during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53) were brought back to their motherland on Thursday.
The fallen heroes are scheduled to be buried at a martyrs’ cemetery in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, on Friday.
The remains of and articles belonging to the soldiers were carried back from Incheon in the Republic of Korea to Shenyang on Thursday morning by a Y-20 strategic transport plane of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force.
As soon as the Y-20 entered China’s territorial airspace, two J-20 stealth fighter jets, the best combat aircraft in the Air Force, formed an escort to honor the fallen warriors.
After the transport aircraft landed at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, PLA soldiers carried the caskets, covered by China’s national flag, out of the plane and placed them in front of nearly 1,000 government officials, military personnel and representatives of the public for a brief remembrance ritual .
After the ceremony, the caskets were transported by PLA trucks and escorted by a large police motorcade to the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army Martyrs’ Cemetery stood in Shenyang. A large number of Shenyang residents along the route, holding banners and national flags to show respect. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
