A yayin rangadinsa guda hudu zuwa Vietnam, Manjo Janar John J. Duffy yakan yi yaki bayan layin abokan gaba. A lokacin da aka kai irin wannan aika-aikar, da hannu daya ya ceci bataliya ta Kudancin Vietnam daga kisan kiyashi. Shekaru 50 bayan haka, Distinguished Service Cross da ya karɓa don waɗannan ayyuka an haɓaka zuwa Medal of Honor.
An haifi Duffy a ranar 16 ga Maris, 1938 a Brooklyn, New York kuma ya shiga aikin soja a watan Maris 1955 yana da shekaru 17. A shekarar 1963, an kara masa girma zuwa hafsa kuma ya shiga sahun manyan runduna ta 5 na musamman, Green Berets.
A lokacin aikinsa, an aika Duffy zuwa Vietnam sau hudu: a cikin 1967, 1968, 1971 da 1973. A lokacin hidimarsa na uku, ya sami lambar yabo ta girmamawa.
A farkon Afrilu 1972, Duffy ya kasance babban mai ba da shawara ga bataliyar ƙwararru a cikin Sojojin Vietnam ta Kudu. Lokacin da Arewacin Vietnam ya yi ƙoƙarin kama sansanin gobarar Charlie a tsakiyar tsaunukan ƙasar, an umarci mutanen Duffy da su dakatar da sojojin bataliyar.
Yayin da harin ya kusa karshen mako na biyu, an kashe kwamandan Kudancin Vietnam da ke aiki tare da Duffy, an lalata ofishin bataliyar, kuma abinci, ruwa, da harsasai sun yi kasa. Duffy ya ji rauni sau biyu amma ya ki a kwashe shi.
A farkon sa'o'i na 14 ga Afrilu, Duffy ya yi ƙoƙarin kafa wurin saukar jiragen sama bai yi nasara ba. Ya ci gaba da tafiya, ya sami damar zuwa kusa da wuraren hana jiragen sama na abokan gaba, wanda ya haifar da harin iska. Manjo ya ji rauni a karo na uku da gutsuttsuran bindigu, amma kuma ya ki kula da lafiyarsa.
Ba da dadewa ba, Arewacin Vietnam ya fara kai hare-haren bam a sansanin. Duffy ya kasance a bude don kai hare-hare masu saukar ungulu na Amurka zuwa wuraren abokan gaba don dakatar da harin. Lokacin da wannan nasarar ta haifar da raguwa a cikin fadan, manyan sun kiyasta lalacewar tushe kuma sun tabbatar da cewa an tura sojojin Kudancin Vietnam zuwa ga lafiyar dangi. Ya kuma tabbatar da raba sauran alburusai ga wadanda har yanzu za su iya kare sansanin.
Jim kadan bayan haka, makiya suka sake kai hari. Daffy ya ci gaba da yi musu harbin bindiga. Da yamma, sojojin abokan gaba suka fara tururuwa zuwa sansanin daga kowane bangare. Duffy dole ne ya matsa daga matsayi zuwa matsayi don gyara wutar da aka dawo, ya gano inda aka kai hari ga masu tabo bindigogi, har ma da harbe-harbe daga bindiga a matsayinsa, wanda aka lalata.
Da dare ya bayyana a fili cewa Duffy da mutanensa za a ci nasara. Ya fara shirya ja da baya, inda ya yi kira da a tallafa wa bindiga a karkashin wata bindiga ta Dusty Cyanide, kuma shi ne na karshe da ya bar sansanin.
Da sanyin safiya, sojojin makiya sun yi wa sauran sojojin Kudancin Vietnam kwanton bauna, inda suka yi sanadiyyar mutuwar mutane da dama tare da tarwatsa manyan mutane. Duffy ya dauki matsayi na tsaro domin mutanensa su iya korar abokan gaba. Daga nan ya jagoranci waɗanda suka rage—da yawa daga cikinsu sun sami munanan raunuka—zuwa yankin da aka kwashe, duk da cewa maƙiyan sun ci gaba da fafatawa da su.
Lokacin da ya isa wurin da aka kwashe, Duffy ya umarci helikwafta mai dauke da makamai da ya sake bude wuta a kan abokan gaba kuma ya sanya alamar wurin saukar da helikwaftan ceto. Duffy ya ki shiga daya daga cikin jirage masu saukar ungulu har sai da kowa ya shiga cikin jirgin. A cewar rahoton ficewa daga San Diego Union-Tribune, a lokacin da Duffy ke daidaitawa a kan wani katako a lokacin da ake kwashe jirginsa mai saukar ungulu, ya ceci wani ma’aikacin Kudancin Vietnam wanda ya fara fadowa daga jirgin mai saukar ungulu, ya kama shi ya ja da baya, sannan aka taimaka masa. da dan bindigar kofar jirgin mai saukar ungulu, wanda ya ji rauni a lokacin da aka kwashe .
An ba Duffy asali lambar yabo ta Cross Service Cross don ayyukan da ke sama, duk da haka wannan kyautar kwanan nan an inganta shi zuwa Medal of Honor. Duffy, mai shekaru 84, tare da dan uwansa Tom, sun sami lambar yabo mafi girma ta kasa don bajintar soji daga Shugaba Joseph R. Biden a wani biki a Fadar White House ranar 5 ga Yuli, 2022.
Mataimakin babban hafsan hafsan soji, Janar Joseph M. Martin ya ce a wurin bikin, "Abin mamaki ne cewa kimanin mutane 40 da ba su da abinci, ruwa da harsasai suna raye a tsakanin kungiyoyin da ke kashe makiya." ciki har da kiran da aka yi na yajin aiki a matsayinsa na bataliyarsa ta ja da baya, ya sa aka samu nasarar tserewa. ’Yan’uwan Manjo Duffy na Vietnam… sun yi imanin cewa ya ceci bataliyarsu daga halaka gaba ɗaya.”
Tare da Duffy, an ba da ƙarin ma'aikatan Vietnam uku, dakaru na musamman na sojoji, an ba su lambar yabo. 5 Dennis M. Fujii, Ma'aikatan Soja Sgt. Edward N. Kaneshiro and Army Spc. 5 Dwight Birdwell.
Duffy ya yi ritaya a watan Mayu 1977. A cikin shekaru 22 na hidima, ya sami wasu kyautuka da bambanci guda 63, ciki har da Purple Hearts takwas.
Bayan Major ya yi ritaya, sai ya koma Santa Cruz, California kuma ya sadu da wata mace mai suna Maryamu. A matsayinsa na farar hula, ya kasance shugaban kamfanin buga littattafai kafin ya zama dillalan hannun jari kuma ya kafa kamfanin dillalan rangwame, wanda daga karshe TD Ameritrade ya samu.
Duffy kuma ya zama mawaƙi, yana ba da cikakken bayani game da wasu abubuwan da ya faru na yaƙi a cikin rubuce-rubucensa, yana watsa labarai ga al'ummai masu zuwa. An buga wakokinsa da dama a yanar gizo. Major ya rubuta littattafai guda shida na wakoki kuma an zaɓe shi don Kyautar Pulitzer.
An rubuta wata waka da Duffy ya rubuta mai taken "Masu kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na gaba" akan wani abin tunawa a Colorado Springs, Colorado na girmama wadanda abin ya shafa na masu kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama. A cewar shafin yanar gizon Duffy, ya kuma rubuta Requiem, wanda aka karanta a lokacin kaddamar da abin tunawa. Daga baya, an ƙara Requiem zuwa tsakiyar ɓangaren abin tunawa na tagulla.
Kanar William Reeder mai ritaya, Jr., tsoffin sojoji sun rubuta littafin Extraordinary Valor: Fighting for Charlie Hill a Vietnam. Littafin ya ba da cikakken bayani game da abubuwan da Duffy ya yi a yakin 1972.
A cewar gidan yanar gizon Duffy, shi memba ne na Ƙungiyar Yaƙi na Musamman kuma an shigar da shi cikin Babban Taron Fame na OCS a Fort Benning, Jojiya a cikin 2013.
Ma'aikatar Tsaro tana ba da ikon soja da ake buƙata don hana yaƙi da kiyaye ƙasarmu lafiya.
Lokacin aikawa: Nuwamba-16-2022
