A joint meeting of service personnel and people took place at Phyonghwa Seaside Culture Farm of South Hwanghae Province near Yonphyong Island Friday.

Present at the joint meeting were Pyon In Son, commander of the 4th Corps of the KPA, Choe Jong Ryong, chairman of the South Hwanghae Provincial People's Committee, service-personnel and officials, people, youth and students of Kangryong County.

People, youth and students warmly congratulated the service personnel who performed feats in the Yonphyong Island shelling by putting garlands around their necks and giving them bouquets.

Congratulatory speeches were made to be followed by other speeches.

The victorious shelling was a historic event that demonstrated the spirit, mettle and invincible might of the KPA, which has been trained into an elite matchless army under the care of Generalissimo Kim Jong Il and Marshal Kim Jong Un, they said, and went on:

The U.S. imperialists and the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors are describing their defeat as "victory" and working hard to provoke a new war, far from drawing a lesson from their disgraceful defeat in the shelling but they can never overpower the army and people united close around the dear respected Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un.

The service personnel of the southwestern front solemnly pledged before the country and people to mercilessly defeat the provokers and achieve national reunification by leading the second skirmish of Yonphyong Island to victory.

The speakers said that they will firmly safeguard the southwestern gate to the Supreme Command with artillery pieces and take the lead in making a breakthrough toward the reunification of the country as befitting a unit which performed heroic feats by mercilessly showering shells on the enemies and winning a great victory.