1954年,我正在为失学而苦恼时,恰逢解放军到我们家乡征兵,我赶紧报了名。由于我出身贫农,又有点文化,很顺利就被录取了。我们新兵在县城集中训练了半个月后,就乘火车过长江,渡黄河,直至东北的安东(如今的丹东)。在安东休整的几天里,我们才得知,部队将要过鸭绿江到朝鲜 In 1954, when I was in distress for losing my education, it coincided with the PLA’s conscription to our hometown and I quickly filed my name. Since I was a poor peasant and a bit cultural, I was admitted smoothly. After half a month of intensive training in our county seat, our recruits took the train across the Yangtze River and across the Yellow River to Andong, northeast China (now Dandong). During Anton’s rest for a few days, we learned that the troops will have to cross the Yalu River to North Korea