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(24)白求恩到达军区司令部,第一句话就问:“伤员在哪里?”同志们劝他休息几天,他说:“我是来工作的,不是来休息的。”第二天一早天蒙蒙亮,他就动身,翻过两道山,赶到六十里外松岩口后方医院。 // 【画面中墙上的文字】打倒日本帝国主义! 民族革命战斗万岁! 中国共产党万岁! //
(24) Upon arriving at the military region headquarters, Bethune’s first question was: “Where are the wounded?” Comrades advised him to rest for a few days, but he said: “I came to work, not to rest.” At dawn the next day, he set off, crossing two mountains to reach the Songyankou field Hospital sixty li away. // [Inscription on the wall, inside the panel] Fight Japanese imperialism! Long live the people’s revolutionary struggle! Long live the Chinese Communist Party! //

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