Interview with Feng Zhenxian

FENG Zhenxian (b. 1940) is a resident of Jiangwan Village, Shaanxi Province. In this interview, Feng talks about his time in the army from 1960 to 1966. He was a horseman first in Ningxia and Gansu, then in Qinghai worked to raise horses. He was sent to Northern Xinjiang after the 1962 Ili incident. He talked about food shortage in the army and soldiers had to drink a lot of salt water to curb hunger.

冯振贤1940年出生，是陕西省商洛市丹凤县月日镇江湾村村民。冯老人60年当兵，66年退伍。在这段口述中，冯老人谈了他在部队上的生活。他先是宁夏、在甘肃当骑兵，后在青海养马，62年伊犁塔城事件后被调到北疆当骑兵。部队上粮食也不够。靠多喝盐水抵抗饥饿。

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