The congratulatory speech, made on July 25, Juche 104 (2015), said that July 27 of Korea is the day of second liberation when the country's dignity and sovereignty were honorably defended from the aggression by the U.S. imperialists, and also the day of victory that put the U.S. imperialists on a downhill turn of ruin.

It said that the war veterans devoted all their life to the independent reunification and prosperity of the country, adding that their fighting spirit and patriotic feats will remain shining in golden letters in the history of the heroic struggle of the Korean people.