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== Early life == Try Sutrisno was born on 15 November 1935 in [[Surabaya]], [[Dutch East Indies]] (now [[Indonesia]]).<ref name=Kompas>{{Cite news | date = 2022-05-30 | editor-last = Farisa | editor-first = Fitria Chusna | title = Profil Try Sutrisno, Dari Ajudan Soeharto Jadi Wakil Presiden Ke-6 RI | trans-title = Profile of Try Sutrisno, From Suharto's Adjutant to sixth Vice President of Indonesia | url = https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2022/05/30/20515261/profil-try-sutrisno-dari-ajudan-soeharto-jadi-wakil-presiden-ke-6-ri | language = id | work = [[Kompas]] | access-date = 2023-03-19}}</ref> His father, Subandi, was an ambulance driver, and his mother, Mardiyah, was a housewife. Following the [[proclamation of Indonesian Independence]] in 1945, the [[Indonesian National Revolution]] began. Try and his family moved from Surabaya to [[Mojokerto]]. His father then worked as a medical officer for the Poncowati Army [[Battalion]], forcing Try to stop his schooling and make a living as a cigarette and newspaper seller.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} At age 13, Try wanted to join the Poncowati Battalion and fight, but no one took him seriously, and he ended up being employed as a courier.<ref>{{cite web | title = Try Sutrisno | website = pdat.co.id | url = http://www.pdat.co.id/hg/apasiapa/html/T/ads,20030618-01,T.html | accessdate = 2006-10-28 | url-status = usurped | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014316/http://www.pdat.co.id/hg/apasiapa/html/T/ads,20030618-01,T.html | archivedate = 2007-09-27}}</ref> Try's duty was to find information on areas occupied by the Dutch Army as well as retrieving medicine for the Indonesian Army. Finally in 1949, the Dutch retreated and recognized Indonesia's independence. Try and his family then returned to Surabaya, where he completed his education in 1956.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} After graduating from high school, Try joined [[Indonesian Military Academy|Army Technical Academy]] (Atekad) in 1956.<ref name=Kompas/> He passed an entrance examination but then failed the physical examination. Despite this, Major General [[Djatikoesoemo]] took interest in Try and summoned him back. Try participated in a [[psychological examination]] in Bandung, West Java, and was then accepted into the (Atekad) as a cadet.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
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