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Museum is the
form of presentation of military history which is easy to understand.
The form of museum can be as a statue, epigraph or building.
There are
two monuments in the Indonesian National Army:
1. The Monument
of Sasmitalokaloka Great Commander General Sudirman.
The former building
of Great Commander General Sudirman residence which is located at
Jln. Bintaran Wetan No.3 Yogyakarta is perpetuated as Sasmitaloka
Monument. The Monument is aiming at to immortalizes the biography
and to remember the struggle of General Sudirman in seizing and
defending the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. The rooms
in the Sasmitaloka ( The Main Building) were designed when Mr. Dirman
and his family lived there.
The building
which is located in the north/south and the back of the main building
are provided with the historical things among others:
- The collection given by Panti Rapih Hospital Yogyakarta and Diorama
of General Sudirman when he was hospitalized there.
- Dokar/Andong that used to carry by General Sudirman when he executed
guerilla warfare in the region of the Kidul Mountain.
- Chevrolet Car which was made in the 1948 and used to pick up Mr.Dirman
from Guerilla Field along with Wool- Coat/ Long flowing robe often
used by Mr.Dirman during Guerilla war.
2. Museum of Sasmitaloka as the Remembrance Hero of Ahmad Yani.
The former building of the Remembrance Hero, Ahmad Yani residence,
is perpetuated as Sasmitaloka, with the purpose as the place to
remember the Indonesian National Army soldier's who had rendered
many services to the countries and nation of Indonesian, and it
is also used as the informative instrument for the young generation,
especially for the TNI AD soldier's whose always alert and ready
to tackle the danger of the Partai Komunis Indonesia.
In the Sasmitaloka rooms various historical things are presented,
taken from the Late Remembrance Hero General Ahmad Yani. The rooms
were designed with the same decoration in the past when General
Ahmad Yani lived there with his family.
In the building,
it can be seen the glass perforated by the bullet, as well as the
dried blood spot and others evidence as the brutality of G.30 S/PKI.
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