1960年1月,老红军余新元亲手把一个名叫雷锋的鞍钢矿山小伙子送上了运兵的专列;17年后的1977年,同样是在1月,同样是在鞍山火车站,余新元又亲手将一个名叫郭明义的小伙子送上了军列。当年的余新元肯定不会想到,这两个曾经代表各自的新兵群体发言宣誓在部队做个好兵的小伙子,后来都成为感动中国的人物, January 1960, the old Red Army Yu Xinyuan personally called an iron mine named Anshan Iron and Steel mine sent to the special train soldiers; 17 years later in 1977, the same is in January, the same is in Anshan Railway Station, Yu Xinyuan personally A young man named Guo Mingyi was sent to the ranks. Yu Xinyuan of the current year certainly will not think that these two men who had spoken on behalf of their respective recruits swore to become good soldiers in the army and later became the characters who touched China.