After holding a meeting for starting the expedition in Samjiyon City, the commanding officers visited the Samjiyon Grand Monument and climbed Mt Paektu.

They toured the Rimyongsu Revolutionary Site, Chongbong and Konchang bivouacs.

They laid flowers and made a bow before the mosaic depicting the images of the peerlessly great persons in the Sobaeksu Valley.

At Chairman Kim Jong Il's birthplace in the Paektusan Secret Camp, they looked round the historical relics preserved at his old home, being briefed on his revolutionary career and exploits.

Then they toured the Sajabong Secret Camp, Mupho Bivouac and the revolutionary battle site in Taehongdan, etc.

They held an oath-taking meeting at the plaza before the statue of President Kim Il Sung at the Samjiyon Grand Monument on Feb. 7.

During the expedition, they looked round various places of Samjiyon City and arranged a contest of singing revolutionary songs in chorus, a meeting to hear impressions of the reminiscences of anti-Japanese guerrillas read by them, poem recitations and other political and cultural work.