Yos Sudarso

A commodore, who was commanding The Indonesian torpedo ship Macan Tutul (Leopard) When it was sunk by the Dutch warships In Aru Sea in January 1962 Three Indonesian torpedo ships Were tasked to land 115 insurgents In an invasion of West Papua Which was still controlled by the Dutch They were confronted by two Dutch destroyers He realized that the battle was up He manoeuvred his ship in such a way As to draw the Dutch fire Allowed other two ships to escape unharmed The KRI Macan Tutul was sunk And 51 survivors were rescued But he went down with his ship