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Yang Yongsong
Chinese military officer (1919–2022)
Yang Yongsong (simplified Chinese: 杨永松; traditional Chinese: 楊永松; pinyin: Yáng Yǒngsōng; July 1919 – 1 September 2022) was a Chinese military officer, who was a founding major general in the People's Liberation Army.[1] Born in Baihou in Dabu County, Guangdong, he joined the Communist Youth League of China and served in the Red Army from 1931. Yang fought in the fifth counter-encirclement campaign during the Chinese Civil War and was a participant in the Long March. He was present at the 1937 Battle of Pingxingguan and Battle of Xinkou during the Second Sino-Japanese War and was a representative at the 1945 7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. After the war, he was promoted to major-general as one of the "founding generals" in 1955. He was the last surviving general appointed in that year.