Present there were Pak Pong Ju, Choe Ryong Hae, Jang Song Thaek, Jang Jong Nam, Choe Thae Bok, Yang Hyong Sop, Ri Yong Mu, O Kuk Ryol, Kim Won Hong, Choe Pu Il, Ri Pyong Sam and Ju Kyu Chang and veteran anti-Japanese fighters Ri Ul Sol, Hwang Sun Hui and Kim Chol Man.

When Marshal Kim Jong Un appeared, the participants shouted "hurrah!" enthusiastically welcoming him. They paid greatest glory and gratitude to Kim Jong Un, who is glorifying generation after generation the immortal exploits the great Generalissimo Kim Il Sung performed by winning the victory in the war and the feats the great Generalissimo Kim Jong Il performed by leading the Songun revolution to victory.

Kim Jong Un warmly acknowledged the enthusiastically cheering participants.

He warmly congratulated the war veteran delegates upon their great contributions to winning the brilliant victory in the Fatherland Liberation War and had a photo session with them.

He expressed expectation and conviction that the war veterans would be in good health and hand the spirit displayed in the 1950s over to the rising generation as a legacy and thus encourage them to giving a steady continuity to the revolutionary cause of Juche and Songun.