Undying Exploits
As the 64th
anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Suk, anti-Japanese heroine, comes round,
all the Korean service personnel and people are looking back with boundless
yearning for her immortal revolutionary career.
Etched in the
history of the Korean nation are her noble personality and undying exploits.
Born into a
patriotic family in the period of national ruin, she keenly experienced the
sorrow of her nation that was deprived of the country and set out on the road
of revolutionary struggle against the Japanese imperialists in her teens.
She took part
in the anti-Japanese armed struggle led by President Kim Il Sung and performed the brilliant feats in many battles by
applying the adroit tactics and displaying courage and excellent marksmanship. She
was thus held in high admiration by her comrades-in-arms and people as a woman
general of Mt. Paektu.
Her struggle
to liberate the country was the struggle to defend comrade Kim Il Sung at the risk of her
life.
In the grim
days of the anti-Japanese war, she always committed herself to protecting his
safety and health and shielded him with her own body at every critical moment.
He
recollected with deep emotion in his reminiscences With the Century that Kim
Jong Suk saved him several times from the moments of crisis when fighting in
the mountains.
It was her
nature to bring flowers into bloom even on a rock and brave even death if it
was for the sake of her comrades.
She made
self-sacrificing efforts to save her comrades suspected of being “Minsaengdan” (spy
organization formed by Japanese imperialists) members by the national
chauvinists; in such a critical moment when the enemy attacked, she climbed up
a mountain with a cauldron of boiling gruel on her head to serve her comrades;
and she did not hesitate to run back braving the shower of enemy bullets to
find the rifle that a recruit had left behind. Such legend-like anecdotes about
her noble comradeship are told in great numbers in the history of the
anti-Japanese armed struggle.
With the
passage of time the Korean people’s admiration for her traits as a staunch
revolutionary grows and they recall her who devoted her painstaking efforts to
national prosperity and people’s well-being whenever they achieve proud results
in building a thriving nation.
The glorious
history of the Korean revolution and the proud realities as are witnessed now
are all associated with her valuable revolutionary exploits.
Her life
spanned only 32 years. Short as it may be, her revolutionary career would go
down in the history of prospering socialist Korea.