Biography of General D.I Panjaitan

General D.I Panjaitan   Posthumous Major General of the Indonesian National Army Donald Isaac Panjaitan was born in Balige, Tapanuli, June 9 1925. Formal education started from elementary school, then entered junior high school, and finally high school. When he finished high school, Indonesia was under Japanese occupation. So when he joins the military he has to take Gyugun training. After training, he was assigned as a member of the Gyugun in Pekanbaru, Riau until Indonesia proclaimed its independence. When Indonesia achieved independence, he and other young people formed the People's Security Army (PSA) which later became the TNI.   At TKR, he was first assigned to be a battalion commander, then became the Education Commander of Division IX/Banteng in Bukittinggi in 1948. Then he became Chief of General Staff IV (Supplay) of the Sumatran Army Command. And when the Dutch troops carried out their Second Military Aggression, he was appointed as Leader of the Struggle Provisions...