Xie Jinyuan was a Chinese Nationalist military officer famous for commanding the Defense of Sihang Warehouse during the Battle of Shanghai in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
12 Facts About Xie Jinyuan
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Xie Jinyuan attended the Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou and graduated in 1925 majoring in politics.
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Xie Jinyuan served in the National Revolutionary Army until his death.
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The next year the division was involved in the defence of Shandong from a Japanese invasion and Xie was badly wounded in the defense.
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Xie Jinyuan later served as vice regimental commander and was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
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Xie Jinyuan proposed that a single regiment instead be left to defend one or two fortified regions, a plan Gu approved.
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When he was transferred to the 524th Regiment, Xie Jinyuan was not familiar with any of the men under his command.
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Xie Jinyuan realized that doing so would reveal to the Japanese their real strength.
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Xie Jinyuan married Ling Weicheng in 1929, and had two sons and two daughters: Youmin, Jimin, Xuefen and Lanfen.
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Xie Jinyuan's body was interred in a small garden along Singapore Road where his bunk used to be.
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Xie Jinyuan's grave was destroyed by Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution.
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On 16 April 1983, Xie Jinyuan's grave was moved to the International Cemetery.