"Ge Shitian was awarded the first class merit twice and was rated as a disabled soldier of level 6 due to war injuries. After returning home from retirement in 1954, he actively devoted himself to the production and construction of his hometown and kept silent about his military exploits..." recently, GE Shitian, a 96 year old veteran who has experienced many battles and achieved great military exploits, was moved to the ideological and political classes of primary and secondary schools in Xinxian County, Shandong Province, and became a vivid textbook for national defense education for young people. Since last year, Shandong Province has launched the "red memory" project for revolutionary veterans to carry out rescue excavation and sorting of the deeds of veterans who participated in the war. A number of veterans who have made outstanding contributions such as GE Shitian have come into the public view, making the dusty history present to the world. In recent years, Shandong Province has comprehensively carried out information collection for ex servicemen and other special care recipients. A group of data sorted out is a wake-up call: the number of veterans who participated in the revolution and the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea before the founding of new China in Shandong Province has decreased by nearly 10000 in three years, from 35867 in 2019, with an average age of 87, to 25900 in 2022, with an average age of 90. "Veterans can't afford to wait. We have to race against time to leave their beacon memories." A rescue excavation and arrangement work was immediately launched. Since last year, the retired military affairs departments at all levels in Shandong Province have established files for more than 28000 veterans of the revolution, shot oral videos, recorded the feature film "veterans of the revolution and the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea before the founding of new China salute the party", carried out more than 1800 events of the "red gene inheritance - listening to veterans tell heroic stories", and produced 164 honorary albums of provinces, cities and 136 counties (cities, districts), Organize high-definition video data for 20000 hours. The recording process has both speed and temperature. They should fully collect and sort out the data and materials of the veterans who are in good health, and should collect them without regret; For those who are inconvenient to interview and shoot due to physical or other reasons, make full use of the existing data to sort them into a volume; For veterans with rich combat experience and more honors, professional forces will be organized to dig deeply. Xueguisheng, a veteran of Binzhou City, is 93 years old. His hearing loss is serious and his memory is poor. He often forgets while chatting. The staff carried out the work patiently and carefully, and completed the collection for 12 consecutive times. Sorting out and protecting the red memory is for better inheritance. The retired military affairs department, education department, Party school, party history, archives, books and other relevant units in the province jointly build and share 24 retired military ideological and political education bases and 105 red retired military service stations. They jointly promoted the incorporation of red culture into national education, carried out in-depth the theme activity of "listening to red stories and illuminating the road of growth" for the vast number of youth groups, strengthened the construction of "red culture characteristic demonstration classes", selected and recommended 500 excellent lessons every year for evaluation in the whole Province, and promoted the transformation of the deeds and spirit of revolutionary veterans into high-quality red education resources. It is reported that the retired military affairs department of the province has also promoted the practice of "veterans always follow the party - veterans' propaganda" at all levels, established 366 veterans' propaganda teams, with 18000 participants, and delivered more than 3000 lectures on campus. In the "first class of school" held in Shandong Province, an elderly soldier came into the school to tell stories and talk about traditions. Vivid and touching oral history videos were played in Ideological and political classes. Learning from heroes and striving for advancement became a common practice among teenagers. (outlook new era)