(무안=브레이크뉴스) 이학수 기자=전남도가, 독립운동에 참여했으나 기록이나 자료가 없어 서훈을 받지 못한 독립운동가의 서훈을 위해 광역지자체로는 최초로 3년여간 미서훈자 발굴에 적극 나선 결과 지난 25일 국가보훈부에 1천23명의 서훈 신청을 했다.

지금까지 전남지역에서 서훈을 받은 독립운동가는 1천327명이다. 이번에 발굴해 신청한 독립운동 미서훈자는 현 서훈자의 77%에 이른다.

이외에도 서훈 신청을 위한 필수 요건인 공적, 이름, 주소, 나이 등을 충족하지 못해 신청하지 못한 1천433명을 포함하면 2천456명을 발굴한 셈이다.

전남도는 지난 2021년부터 1, 2단계로 나눠 미서훈 독립유공자를 발굴해왔다. 1단계로 3·1운동을 중심으로 128명을 발굴해 2022년 80명을 서훈 신청했고, 이번 2단계는 1895년 일제의 국권침탈 전후부터 1945년까지 2천456명을 발굴해 1천23명에 대해 서훈신청을 했다.

2단계 서훈신청자를 분야별로 살펴보면 의병활동 152명, 3·1운동 170명, 학생운동 221명, 농민·노동운동 362명, 국외활동 118명이다.

서훈신청서에는 공적을 증빙하는 수형인명부, 형사사건부, 판결문, 신문과 향토자료, 일본 외무성 문서, 이민자 명단, 독립자금 모금 참가 자료 등을 찾아 첨부했다.

독립운동 서훈관리 주무부처인 국가보훈부는 신청자에 대한 공적사항과 이후 활동사항 등을 검증하고, 심사를 거쳐 행정안전부에 서훈을 추천해 결정되며, 1년에 3회(3·1절, 광복절, 순국선열의 날) 서훈이 확정된다.

김영록 전남도지사는 “의향 전남의 정체성 계승을 위해 그동안 발굴된 독립운동가의 활동 자료를 모아 ‘전남독립운동사’를 편찬하고, 건립 중인 ‘남도의병역사박물관’에도 해당 기록을 보관·전시할 계획”이라고 말했다.

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Jeonnam Province, 1,023 independence activists applied for awards to the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs

Excavation results for the first three years at the provincial and regional level

(Muan = Break News) Reporter Haksu Lee = On the 25th, Jeollanam-do became the first metropolitan government to actively search for recipients of the Medal of Honor for three years to honor independence activists who participated in the independence movement but were unable to receive the Medal of Honor due to lack of records or data. 1,023 people applied for military honors to the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.

So far, there are 1,327 independence activists who have received awards in the Jeollanam-do region. The recipients of the Independence Movement Medal, discovered and applied for this time, account for 77% of the current recipients.

In addition, including 1,433 people who could not apply because they did not meet the essential requirements for applying for the award, such as achievement, name, address, and age, a total of 2,456 people were discovered.

Since 2021, South Jeolla Province has been discovering Mi Seo-hoon, a person who contributed to independence, in stages 1 and 2. In the first stage, 128 people were discovered focusing on the March 1st Movement, and 80 people applied for the Order of Merit in 2022. In the second stage, 2,456 people were discovered from before and after Japan's invasion of national sovereignty in 1895 to 1945, and 1,023 people were awarded honors. I applied for an award.

Looking at the second-stage decoration applicants by field, there are 152 people in volunteer army activities, 170 in the March 1st Movement, 221 in the student movement, 362 in the farmer and labor movement, and 118 in overseas activities.

In the application for the Order of Merit, I found and attached a list of convicts, criminal cases, judgments, newspapers and local materials, documents from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a list of immigrants, and information on participation in independence fund raising, etc., proving my achievements.

The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, which is in charge of managing awards during the independence movement, verifies the applicant's public records and subsequent activities, and recommends the award to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety after review. The award is made three times a year (March 1st, Liberation Day, (On Martyrs’ Day), the decoration is confirmed.

Kim Young-rok, Governor of South Jeolla Province, said, “In order to inherit the identity of Jeollanam-do, we plan to compile ‘History of the Jeonnam Independence Movement’ by collecting data on the activities of independence activists discovered so far, and store and exhibit the records at the ‘Namdo Volunteer Army History Museum’ that is being built.” said.