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, including the

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, Liaoshen Campaign, Pingjin Campaign, and Hengbao Campaign. The division was composed of 409th, 410th, and 411th Infantry Regiments. From August 1952 to October 1955 the division was deployed to North Korea as a part of the

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. In June 1953, 518th Artillery Regiment was activated and attached to the division. In October 1955, the division left North Korea along with the corps HQ and was relocated in

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. In May 1957, the 410th Regiment was reconstituted into ''reduced status''. In February 1960, the 410th Regiment was reestablished to full strength. In April 1960 the division was redesignated as the 137th Army Division (). The division was then composed of: *Divisional Headquarters *410th Regiment *411th Regiment *412th Regiment *518th Artillery Regiment In June 1962, the 137th Army Division was reconstituted as a ''division category B''. In August 1969, 518th Artillery Regiment was redesignated as the Artillery Regiment, 137th Army Division. From June to July 1975, the division was relocated to

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. In September 1978, the division was relocated to Jiao County,

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.Codification Committee of the Military History of the Forty-Sixth Army Corps, ''Zhongguo Renmin Jiefangjun Lujun Disishiliujun Junshi (1985 nian 3 yue)'' ilitary History of the Forty-Sixth Army Corps of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (March 1985) p.498 In October 1985, the division was disbanded: *Headquarters, 137th Army Division was reconstituted as the Headquarters, Artillery Brigade, 26th Army; *The 409th Regiment was transferred to the 136th Infantry Division; *Other units and subunits of the division were disbanded.

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*中国人民解放军各步兵师沿革，http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_a3f74a990101cp1q.html {{People's Liberation Army Divisions Infantry divisions of the People's Liberation Army Military units and formations established in 1948