Supriyadi, Indonesian National Hero
Supriyadi Supriyadi , older spelling Soeprijadi, was an Indonesian national hero who rebelled against the occupying Japanese in 1945. Supriyadi was born in East Java, Dutch East Indies, on April 13, 1923. He attended junior high school, then a school to prepare him for government bureaucracy in Magelang. However, the Japanese invaded Indonesia before he graduated. He then switched to high school and underwent youth training in Tangerang, West Java. In October 1943, the Japanese established a militia, PETA to assist Japanese forces against the Allies. Supriyadi joined PETA, and after training was posted to Blitar, East Java. He was tasked with overseeing the work of the Romusha forced laborers. The plight of these workers inspired him to rebel against the Japanese. When Supriyadi join with PETA, his got rank as shodancho or platoon commander. When nationalist leader Sukarno visited his parents in Blitar, PETA officers told him that they had begun to plan a rebellion and asked for ...