Pa maulendo ake anayi ku Vietnam, gulu lalikulu la John J. Duffy nthawi zambiri amamenyedwa kumbuyo kwa mizere ya adani. Pa nthawi yomwe munthu wina akuwathandizira, sanapulumutse battalion ya ku South Vietnamese kuphedwa. Patatha zaka makumi asanu, mtanda wosiyanitsa yemwe adalandira chifukwa cha izi adakwezedwa ku mendulo ya ulemu.
Duffy adabadwa pa Marichi 16, 1938 ku Brooklyn, New York ndipo adalembetsa gulu lankhondo mu Marichi 1955 ali ndi zaka 17
Pa ntchito yake, duffy adatumizidwa ku Vietnam nthawi zinayi: mu 1967, 1968, 1971 ndi 1973. Pa nthawi yachitatu, adalandira mamembala a ulemu.
Kumayambiriro kwa Epulo 1972, duffy anali wamkulu ku batlion yosankhika kunkhondo ya South Vietnamese. Pamene North Vietnamese adayesa kugwirizanitsa moto wa arlie m'munsi mwapakati pa dziko lonse, amuna a Duffy adalamulidwa kuti aletse mphamvu za battalion.
Popeza chokhumudwitsa chatsala pang'ono kutha kwa sabata lachiwiri, Hamfietnamese wogwira ntchito ndi Duffy adaphedwa, lamulo la Battaliation lidawonongeka, ndipo chakudya, madzi, ndi zida zimatsika. Duffy adavulazidwa kawiri koma adakana kutulutsidwa.
M'mawo oyambilira a 14 Epulo, duffy anayesa kuwongolera malo owonera ndege. Kusunthika, adakwanitsa kuyandikira kwa adani-ndege anti-ndege, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti mpweya ukhale. Akuluakulu adavulazidwa kachitatu ndi zidutswa za mfuti, koma adakananso chithandizo chamankhwala.
Posakhalitsa, mzinda waku North Vietnamese adayamba kuphulitsa kwaukadaulo wapansi. Duffy adakhalabe wotseguka kuti atitsogolere kuti atiuze mapiritsi a mdani kuti aletse. Kupambana kumeneku kunapangitsa kuti likhale lolimbana nawo pomenya nkhondo, choyambirira chowunikira kuwonongeka kwa maziko ndikuwonetsetsa kuti asitikali ovulala ku South Vietnamese adasamutsidwa. Anaonetsetsanso kuti agawireko zipolopolo kwa omwe amatha kuteteza maziko ake.
Posakhalitsa, mdani adayamba kuukiranso. Daffy adapitilira kuwayatsa kuchokera ku mfuti. Pofika madzulo, asirikali ada adayamba kuyenda pansi kuchokera mbali zonse. Duffy anayenera kuchoka paudindo kuti athe kukonza moto, kuzindikira mipata ya marlailtor, komanso moto wowongoka kuchokera pa mfuti yake, yomwe inali yomwe inali itasokonekera.
Pofika usiku, zinali zowonekeratu kuti Duffy ndi amuna ake adzagonjetsedwa. Adayamba kukonza zobwerera, kuyitanitsa thandizo la mfuti pansi pamoto wa thambo, ndipo anali womaliza kusiya maziko.
M'mawa kutacha, asitikali adakwiyitsa otsala omwe adawunikira asitikali aku South Vietnam, kusokoneza kwambiri ndi kubalalika kwa amuna olimba. Duffy adadzitchinjiriza kuti amuna ake athetse mdani mdani. Kenako adatsogolera iwo omwe adatsalira ambiri a iwo atavulala kwambiri - kupita kumalo othawirako, ngakhale mdaniyo adapitilizabe kuwalondola.
Kufika ku malo okwererapo, duffy adalamula kuti helikopita yonyamula mfuti kuti itsegule moto pa mdani ndikulemba tsambalo la helikopita. Duffy anakana kukweza imodzi ya helikopita mpaka wina aliyense atakwera. Malinga ndi lipoti la San Diego Union-Traion Repluation, pomwe duffy anali kukwapula pa mtengo wake, adapulumutsa Paratiopter ya ku Evietmena yomwe idayamba kugwa kuchokera ku helikopita yomwe inkayamba kugwa, ndipo adavulala panthawi yotuluka.
Poyambirira duffy adapereka mphotho yodziwika bwino ya ntchito yomwe ili pamwambapa, komabe mdulidwewu wakwezedwa posachedwa pa mendulo ya ulemu. Duffy, 84, pamodzi ndi mchimwene wake Tom, adalandira mphotho yapamwamba kwambiri kuti alandire ankhondo kuchokera ku Purezidenti Joseph R. Afangen mu mwambo ku White House pa Julayi 5, 2022.
"Zikuwoneka kuti ndizodabwitsa kuti pafupifupi anthu 40 opanda chakudya, madzi ndi ziphezi zidakali m'manja mwa anthu ambiri, asitikali ankhondo General Joseph Mlirini adatero pamwambowu. Kuphatikiza pa kuyitanidwa kuti zitheke payekha kuti alole kumenyedwa kwake, kunapangitsa kuti kuthawa kutheka. Abale a Duffy a Duffy a Duffy ... Khulupirirani adapulumutsa mbanda yawo kuchokera ku kuwonongedwa kwathunthu. "
Pamodzi ndi duffy, akatswiri atatu a Vietnamese, ankhondo apadera ankhondo, adalandira mendulo. 5 Dennis M. Fujii, asitikali ankhondo sgt. Edward n. Kaneshiro ndi ankhondo SPC. 5 Dwinjar.
Duffy adapuma pantchito mu Meyi 1977. Pa zaka 22 zautumiki, adalandira mphoto zina 63, kuphatikizapo mitima isanu ndi iwiri yofiirira.
Pambuyo popuma kwambiri, adasamukira ku Santa Cruz, California ndipo kenako adakumana ndikukwatiwa ndi mayi wina dzina lake Mariya. Monga munthu wamba, anali purezidenti wa kampani yosindikiza asanakhale wotchinga ndipo adakhazikitsa kampani yotsitsimutsa, yomwe pamapeto pake imapezedwa ndi TD Mmeritrade.
Duffy adakhala wolemba ndakatulo, zokhudzana ndi zina mwa zokambirana zake m'mabuku ake, akudutsa nkhani zakumibadwo yamtsogolo. Ma ndakatulo ake ambiri afalitsidwa pa intaneti. Chapamwamba analemba mabuku asanu ndi limodzi a ndakatulo ndipo sanasankhidwe pa mphotho ya pulkitzer.
Ndakatulo yolembedwa ndi Duffy Youted "Oyendetsa ndege yapakatikati" idalembedwa pachipilala ku Colorado Springs, Colado Malinga ndi tsamba la Duffy, adalembanso zofunikira, zomwe zidawerengedwa pa chipilalachi. Pambuyo pake, zofunikira zidawonjezedwa ku gawo lalikulu la chipilala chamkuwa.
Gulu la Coloul Coloul William Reediam, a Jr., Ma Veterans adalemba buku lodabwitsa: kumenya Charlie phiri ku Vietnam. Buku la Suppy ndalama za Duffey mu 1972 kampeni ya 1972.
Malinga ndi tsamba la Duffy, ndiye yemwe akukhazikitsa pankhondo yapadera yankhondo ndipo adalowa mu OC Carry Hall of Fame ku Minning, Georgia mu 2013.
Dipatimenti Yotetezayo imapereka mphamvu zankhondo zofunika kuti dziko lisateteze.
Post Nthawi: Nov-16-2022
