Portrait of a Retiree from Operation Seroja in East Timorese by Kuncoro Widyo Rumpoko
Suparni, 65, a retired East Timorese Operation Seroja war with permanent disability as a result of being shot in the leg by enemy bullets, last rank of Sergeant Two from the Army Strategic Command unit, who is also an athlete with a javelin throwing disability, who has also made the nation proud from a number of medals won at various prestigious Asian Paragames championships, when he was photographed wearing a prosthetic leg, in front of his house in Wisma Seroja, Bekasi City, a housing complex for veterans of Operation Seroja East Timor. Suparni's serious face shone when he recounted his experience in the Battle of Operation Seroja in East Timor, now known as Timor Leste. Operation Seroja was launched nine days after East Timor proclaimed its independence from Portugal on November 28, 1975. Operation Seroja is also referred to as the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. Because at that time, Indonesia wanted to make East Timor a part of its territory.
Suparni, 65, a retired East Timorese Operation Seroja war with permanent disability as a result of being shot in the leg by enemy bullets, last rank of Sergeant Two from the Army Strategic Command unit, who is also an athlete with a javelin throwing disability, who has also made the nation proud from a number of medals won at various prestigious Asian Paragames championships, when he was photographed wearing a prosthetic leg, in front of his house in Wisma Seroja, Bekasi City, a housing complex for veterans of Operation Seroja East Timor. Suparni's serious face shone when he recounted his experience in the Battle of Operation Seroja in East Timor, now known as Timor Leste. Operation Seroja was launched nine days after East Timor proclaimed its independence from Portugal on November 28, 1975. Operation Seroja is also referred to as the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. Because at that time, Indonesia wanted to make East Timor a part of its territory.
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