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Song Shilun | |||||||||
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宋时轮 | |||||||||
President of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences | |||||||||
In office October 1972 – November 1985 | |||||||||
Preceded by | Ye Jianying | ||||||||
Succeeded by | Zheng Wenhan | ||||||||
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Born | Liling County, Hunan, Qing China | September 1, 1907||||||||
Died | September 17, 1991 Shanghai, China | (aged 84)||||||||
Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||
Spouse | Zheng Xiaocun | ||||||||
Alma mater | Republic of China Military Academy | ||||||||
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Allegiance | People's Republic of China | ||||||||
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Years of service | 1919–1969 | ||||||||
Rank | General | ||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 宋 时 轮 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 宋 時 輪 | ||||||||
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Song Shilun ( Chinese: 宋时轮; pinyin: Sòng Shílún; Wade–Giles: Sung Shih-lun; 1907–1991), né Song Jiyao (宋际尧, named from Chinese legendary King Yao), alternative name Song Zhiguang (宋之光), was a general of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. Song had graduated from Whampoa Military Academy and participated in the Long March, Anti-Japanese war, Chinese Civil War and Korean War, respectively. He died September 17, 1991, in Shanghai.
During the Korean War, Song commanded the People's Volunteer Army 9th Army. His armies fought against the US Army 31st Regimental Combat Team and the 1st Marine Division at the Chosin Reservoir in November–December 1950. [1]