China News Service, Kunming, September 29 (Cui Min) A reporter learned from the Baoshan Volunteer Association on the 29th that Wang Shuanglin, a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War who lived in Longyang District, Baoshan City, died at home on the 28th at the age of 101.

After the Japanese surrender in 1945, he went to Vietnam to accept the Japanese surrender.

　　Wang Shuanglin was born in 1922 in Hujia Village, Xinjie Township, Longyang District, Baoshan City. Although his family was relatively poor, he was diligent in his studies since he was a child.

When the Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937, the idea of ​​joining the fight against the enemy sprouted in the mind of Wang Shuanglin, who had just graduated from junior high school.

In 1938, he was admitted to the 16th and 18th corps of the Huangpu Military Academy. In the same year, he was promoted to the first phase of the Luofu Mortar Class of the Guangxi Southwest Branch of the Central Infantry School.

After graduating in July 1940, he was assigned to Tongcheng, the 11th Division of the 58th Army in Hubei, where he served as an adjutant in the picket team of the headquarters. In 1942, he was transferred to the 18th Division of the 93rd Army as the company commander of the mortar battalion. Over the fight against bandits, guarding the Sino-Vietnamese border and resisting Japanese aggressors.

After Japan surrendered in 1945, he entered Vietnam to accept the Japanese surrender.

　　"The most unforgettable moment is the moment when the Japanese army surrendered in Vietnam." Wang Shuanglin said before his death that the troops crossed the Red River and entered the Vietnamese border after finishing their preparations.

"When I saw the Japanese driver driving a truck to greet him, I ordered the platoons to mount their guns on the truck. The officers and soldiers were fully armed and stood on the truck in high spirits and watched the distance. After the troops entered Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, they were warmly welcomed by the citizens. There will be loud applause every time you walk through the street."

The picture shows a group photo of volunteers and Wang Shuanglin. Photo courtesy of Baoshan Volunteer Association

　　After the peaceful liberation of Yunnan, Wang Shuanglin returned to his hometown in Xinjie, Longyang District, Baoshan City, and worked as a primary school teacher until he retired in 1983. He has been teaching for 33 years.

　　"My grandfather is a humble and low-key person. He always greets each villager warmly and gets along with everyone. When he retired and returned to his hometown to live in the old age, some people even called him Camp Commander Wang. Every Spring Festival, he was obliged to write Spring Festival couplets for everyone. The happy events in the countryside will also be registered and written for the main family.” Wang Zhonghua, Wang Shuanglin’s grandson, said that his grandfather devoted the first half of his life to the Anti-Japanese War and taught and educated others in the second half of his life.

　　Man Xiaoming, head of the Baoshan Volunteer Association, introduced that Wang Shuanglin has a lot of children and grandchildren, and his children are filial.

"The old man has been cared for and cared for by the local party committee, government and functional departments for many years, and he lived a happier life in his later years. After being listed as the object of care more than 10 years ago, the volunteers of the association became good friends with him and formed a deep friendship. Volunteer Zhang Jingping said that the relationship between Grandpa Wang and everyone is like family. Read newspapers to him and learn about national events and the construction of his hometown.

　　Man Xiaoming said that in February 2022, more than 10 volunteers from the association also came to Hujia Village, Xinjie Township, to celebrate the 100th birthday of Wang Shuanglin. On September 3, the anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, everyone went to see the old man again.

"At that time, the old man was in good physical and mental state. Unexpectedly, this meeting turned out to be the last goodbye." Wang Shuanglin's body will be cremated on the morning of September 30, and the funeral will be handled according to local customs.

"Our association has organized volunteers to go to Hujia Village to send the elderly on their last journey." (End)