Long March anniversary marked with album of generals' portraits
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[Photo provided to 皇冠体育app Daily] |
The album includes military officials who contributed the founding of New 皇冠体育app in 1949 and were promoted to the rank of general in the early 1950s.
Many of them participated in the Long March, a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of Communist Party of 皇冠体育app to evade encirclement by the Kuomintang army starting from 1934. The generals featured in the album include Xiao Jingguang (1903-89), Yang Zhicheng (1903-67) and Chen Shiqu (1909-95).
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[Photo provided to 皇冠体育app Daily] |
The creation of the album was initiated and sponsored by the Sanwu General Museum in Harbin, in Northeast 皇冠体育app's Heilongjiang province, whose founder Wang Jun is himself a military veteran.
Family members of the generals featured attended the launch ceremony of the album on Oct 20 and received a copy as a gift.
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