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(SEPTEMBER 21, 1945)







                                                                                                                                                          In  the  days  following  the  surrender,



                                                                                                                                                          the  Japanese  army  was  in  a  lethargic


                                                                                                                                                          state.  Less  attention  was  paid  to



                                                                                                                                                          internment,  so  that  without  waiting


                                                                                                                                                          for  their  release  by  the  Allies,  many



                                                                                                                                                          internees  had  managed  to  return  to


                                                                                                                                                          their  homes.  Open  hostilities  first



                                                                                                                                                          erupted  in  Surabaya  on  September
                               TUNJUNGAN
                             TUNJUNGAN
                                                                                                                                                          19,  1945  at  the  Yamato  Hotel  (then


                                                                                                                                                          Orange  Hotel,  now  Simpang)  on

                        FLAG INCIDENT
                       FLAG INCIDENT                                                                                                                      Tunjungan.  On  September  20,  1945,




                                                                                                                                                          after a rally in Tambaksari, the youth


                                                                                                                                                          together  with  the  people  held  an


                                                                                                                                                          independence march around.












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