Patriotism
The sacrifice that had been made by our heroes in order to gain independence, to fight the communists or to keep the country free from any rebel assault seems as forgotten deeds by the youngsters nowadays. The lost tale of Iban Trackers and Sarawak Rangers from our history books seems to be alive when Sarawak Government took the effort to bring back their remains (Sarawak, 2011) .
These 21 fallen heroes will never be forgotten by the people and the government as their spirit of patriotism will never die. They died to protect the country independence and especially in World War 2 the Ibans were recruited to give special help to the Australian Army to track the Japanese deep in the jungle and as the result they surrender with the help of the local people (Saai, 2011) . Then these gallant men had been killed in action in the service of the British military during the Malayan Emergency (1948-1960), declared to fight communist guerrillas, in various states in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Their sacrifice to the nation had been noticed by the British especially during Malaya was a threat of Communist Party, their fighting spirit and courage was acknowledged by the British (Sarawak, 2011) . Their skill to track down armed terrorists deep in the jungle was their man weapon in fighting the insurgence (Najimy, 2011) .
The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) fly the remains, in 21 jars that is sacred to the Ibans, directly to Kuching under an operation codenamed “Mai Pulai”, the Iban words meaning “bringing home”, and which involved also various government departments and agencies (Saai, 2011) . The remains were exhumed from Alor Star, Kedah, (one), Batu Gajah, Perak (two), Kamunting, Perak (four), Cheras, Kuala Lumpur (four), Terendak, Melaka (eight) and Kranji, Singapore (two) (Najimy, 2011) . Wrapped carefully with Malaysian flags the arrival of Charlie 130 the remains were welcomed by a number of senior army officers and several Sarawakian army and as they were carried out they get the last respect the final salute from the long line of military officers and personnel.
The bringing back of these fallen Rangers back to where they belongs really touched hundreds of Sarawakian and Malaysians as they really come home for their final rests (Najimy, 2011) . This is one of the ways that had been shown by the Sarawak Government to show the last respect, honour and dignity to these fallen Rangers and Trackers is to bring back the remains to be reburial according to the traditional Iban customs (Sarawak, 2011) . This sacrifice made by the fallen soldiers had been acknowledged by Sarawak Chief Minister, Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud during his speech for the fallen heroes as he mentioned the ultimate sacrifices in the service for the people and the nation.
Their spirit of true patriotism willing to die for our beloved country refers to the Iban Trackers and Sarawak Rangers as their good deeds during the Malayan Emergency in the 50s and fights the communist in the 60s (Saai, 2011) . This kind of spirit one day will surely lose from the heart of youngsters in Malaysia if no appropriate actions taken by the government to keep this spirit. The true spirit of patriotism among youngsters in Malaysia is too low. This is due to their complacent for everything around them. The younger generations never knew the hardship that our forefathers had done in order to gain independence for our country. It is not just waving Jalur Gemilang during month of independence but it is more than that. The spirit of loving our country is the true patriotism as shown by these fallen soldiers.
Teenagers and younger generations should be taught about this sacrifice made by our forefathers in gaining our independence. It is not cheap and easy to gain but it is easy to lose it. We should keep this independence forever. In this case the 21 fallen Rangers are the best examples set to show the younger generation of true patriotism. As Malaysian we should keep the faith and hold this independence until forever.
Bibliography
Najimy. (2011, August 2). 21 Iban trackers, who died defending nation, to “come home” finally. Retrieved August 14, 2011, from peraktoday.com: http://peraktoday.com/wp/?p=27155
Saai, J. K. (2011, July 27). Remains of 21 iban Trackers, Sarawak Rangers home at last Retrieved August 14, 2011, from http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/07/27/remains-of-21-iban-trackers-sarawak-rangers-home-at-last/
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