Forefathers sacrificed their Lives for our Freedom

With the Hiroshima atomic bomb
explosion on 6th August 1945 and the Japanese
surrender on the 15th August, our 9th August
National Day celebration
has another meaning to Singaporeans. Let's take a moment to reflect
on this part of history with a Chinese poem to remind our youths as well as remembrance of our forefathers who sacrificed their lives for our freedom….

南洋漫天烽煙起,
星州海島滿目風雨飛,
獅城醒覺決心本生死,
獻上熱腸壯士氣,
犧牲小我建仁義,
為保家國輕抛英雄熱血淚,
唯獨今朝少年未記起,
烈士千古,
芳草末殘碑.
- 任保南博士