Djakarta: President Soekarno & His Son Before Statue of Abe Lincoln in Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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Djakarta: President Soekarno & His Son Before Statue of Abe Lincoln in Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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Soekarno, 1901-1970

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Soekarno (b. Kusno Sosrodihardjo, June 6, 1901, Surabaya, East Java-d. June 21, 1970, Jakarta, Indonesia) was the first President of Indonesia. He was the leader of his country's struggle for Independence from the Netherlands and a prominent leader of Indonesia's nationalist movement during the Dutch colonial period. Soekarno and his fellow nationalists collaborated to garner support for the Japanese war effort from the population, in exchange for Japanese aid in spreading nationalist ideas....