"Ahmad Yani"
Ahmad Yani was a national hero of Indonesia that died on October 1st 1965, but let's start at the beginning. Ahmad Yani was born on june 19th 1922 in Jenar, Purwokerto, Central Java. But on 1927 Yani moved with his family to Jakarta that was formerly known as "Batavia" where his father worked for a dutch general.Yani worked his way through primary and secondary education. In 1940, Yani left high school to undergo compulsory military service in the Army of the Dutch East Indies colonial government. He initially trained to be a navy seaman. He studied military topography in Malang, East Java, but this education was interrupted by the arrival of the invading Japanese in 1942. At the same time, Yani and his family moved back to Central Java. After Independence Yani joined the army of the fledgling republic and fought against the Dutch. During the first months after the Declaration of Independence, Yani formed a battalion with himself as Co...