"Eternal Memory-Chorus by
Retired Officers in Beijing to Mark 100th Anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's
Birth" was held in the auditorium of the PLA General Logistics Department
on August 17. The loud and ringing songs expressed affectionate
reminiscence of Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the great man of the century by the
retired officers.
More than 800
retired officers from 11 units including the four general
headquarters/departments, the PLA Navy, the Air Force, the Second
Artillery Force, the Academy of Military Sciences, the National Defense
University, the Beijing Military Area Command and the General Office of
the Central Military Commission, etc. joined in the chorus, and many of
them had fought battles throughout the length and breadth of the country
along with Comrade Deng Xiaoping and devoted their youth to the liberation
cause of the Chinese nation.
Twenty-two songs, including The
Baise Uprising, Come to Wuqi Township, On the Taihang Mountains, The Story
in Spring and Marching into a New Era, were sung by the retired
officers in praise of the outstanding contributions of Comrade Deng
Xiaoping to the motherland and the Chinese nation at different historical
periods, and in their admiration of the cause of socialist construction,
and the reform and opening-up. It took more than 3 months for these
retired officers to rehearse the chorus.
By Xiao Hongping
(August 18, PLA
Daily)
