王宏坤(1909-1993),湖北麻城人。1955年被授予上将军衔。在革命战争年代,王宏坤长期担任我军高级指挥员。60年前,是毛泽东亲自写信送他到抗大和中央党校学习深造；新中国建立以后,是毛泽东签发命令任命王宏坤为刚刚诞生的人民海军第一任副司令员。王宏坤跟随毛泽东走过了半个多世纪的革命征途,为中国人民的解放事业和人民海军的建设事业贡献了自己的毕生精力。 Wang Hongkun (1909-1993), Macheng, Hubei Province. In 1955 was awarded the rank of general. In the era of revolutionary war, Wang Hongkun has long served as a senior commander of our army. Sixty years ago, Mao Zedong personally wrote and sent him to study at the Party School of Dajian and Mao Zedong. After the founding of New China, Mao Zedong issued the order to appoint Wang Hongkun as the newly appointed deputy commander of the People's Navy. Wang Hongkun followed the revolutionary journey of Mao Zedong over more than half a century and contributed his entire life to the cause of liberation of the Chinese people and the construction of the People's Navy.