CPV veterans remember the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea
Veterans enter the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday for an event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) army entering in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953). /VCG

Veterans enter the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday for an event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) army entering in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953). /VCG

Veterans and other attendees clap during Friday's event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the CPV army entering the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953). /VCG

Veterans and other attendees clap during Friday's event to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the CPV army entering the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953). /VCG

Yang Faqi, an 88-year-old veteran who is now at a hospital in east China's Jiangsu Province, wept when receiving the memorial medal awarded to CPV army veterans who fought in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) on Thursday. /VCG

Yang Faqi, an 88-year-old veteran who is now at a hospital in east China's Jiangsu Province, wept when receiving the memorial medal awarded to CPV army veterans who fought in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) on Thursday. /VCG

96-year-old veteran Fang Yangda, who now lives in Beijing, wearing the memorial medal awarded to CPV army veterans who fought in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953). /VCG

96-year-old veteran Fang Yangda, who now lives in Beijing, wearing the memorial medal awarded to CPV army veterans who fought in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953). /VCG