Colonel Riswardi Ridwan sobs openly. This Supply Chief of the Jaya Regional Military District had no idea that the telephone call he received on Monday morning last week would deliver such grievous news. Chief Comr. Kartiko, the head of the intelligence unit from Medan, informed him that Tito Yudha Darma, his second child, had been shot dead.

For a soldier, being shot is a risk which has to be accepted. On the battlefield, anything can happ