PLA Figures

Marshal---Zhu De

　　 Born in Sichuan Province on December 1st, 1886 and passed away in Beijing on July 6, 1976.

Zhu De was conferred the military rank of marshal in 1955.

Chairman Mao Zedong conferred the first class August 1st Medal and first class Medal of Independence and Freedom, fist class Medal of Liberation to Marshal Zhu De.	Zhu De and Peng Dehuai were listening to the order read out by Peng Zhen at Huairentang.
A group photo of the PLA representatives attending the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The second from the right in the second row is Yang Chengwu.	At the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. From left are Zhu De, Lu Zhengcao and Fu Qiutao.
Huang Kecheng(left) with Zhu De on October 28, 1956.	From left: Lü Zhengcao, Peng Dehuai , Zhui De and Nie Rongzhen. The picture was taken at Wangjiayu, Wuxiang County in the southeast of Shanxi Province in early 1940.