Mu ngendo enye yagiriye muri Vietnam, Majoro w'ingabo John J. Duffy yakunze kurwanira inyuma y'umwanzi.Mugihe kimwe cyoherejwe, yakijije wenyine bataillon yo muri Vietnam yepfo ubwicanyi.Nyuma yimyaka 50, Nyakubahwa Service Cross yakiriye kubwibyo bikorwa yazamuwe umudari wicyubahiro.
Duffy yavutse ku ya 16 Werurwe 1938 i Brooklyn, muri New York maze yinjira mu gisirikare muri Werurwe 1955 afite imyaka 17. Kugeza mu 1963, yazamuwe mu ntera maze yinjira mu mutwe w’indashyikirwa wa 5 w’ingabo zidasanzwe, Green Berets.
Mu kazi ke, Duffy yoherejwe muri Vietnam inshuro enye: mu 1967, 1968, 1971 na 1973. Mu gihe cye cya gatatu, yahawe umudari w'ishimwe.
Mu ntangiriro za Mata 1972, Duffy yari umujyanama mukuru wa bataillon y'indobanure mu ngabo za Vietnam y'Amajyepfo.Igihe Abanya Viyetinamu y'Amajyaruguru bagerageje gufata ikigo cya Charlie gishinzwe gushyigikira umuriro mu misozi yo hagati mu gihugu, abagabo ba Duffy bategekwa guhagarika ingabo za batayo.
Mugihe igitero cyegereje kurangira icyumweru cya kabiri, umuyobozi wa Vietnam yepfo yakoranye na Duffy yariciwe, poste ya batayo yarasenyutse, kandi ibiryo, amazi n’amasasu byari bike.Duffy yakomeretse inshuro ebyiri ariko yanga kwimurwa.
Mu rukerera rwo ku ya 14 Mata, Duffy yagerageje kunanirwa gushyiraho aho indege igarukira.Agenda, abasha kwegera ibirindiro by'abanzi birwanya indege, bitera igitero cy'indege.Majoro yakomerekejwe ku nshuro ya gatatu n'ibice by'imbunda, ariko yanga kwivuza.
Nyuma yaho gato, Abanya Viyetinamu y'Amajyaruguru batangiye gutera ibisasu bya rutura.Duffy yagumye hanze kugira ngo ayobore kajugujugu z’Amerika zerekeza ku birindiro by'abanzi kugira ngo bahagarike icyo gitero.Igihe iyi ntsinzi yatumaga imirwano idindira, majoro yasuzumye ibyangiritse ku kigo maze yemeza ko abasirikare ba Vietnam bo mu majyepfo ya Vietnam bakomeretse bimuriwe mu mutekano ugereranije.Yiyemeje kandi gukwirakwiza amasasu asigaye ku bagishoboye kurengera ibirindiro.
Nyuma yaho gato, umwanzi atangira kongera gutera.Daffy yakomeje kubarasa biturutse ku mbunda.Ku mugoroba, abasirikare b'abanzi batangiye kwisukiranya mu birindiro baturutse impande zose.Duffy yagombaga kuva mu mwanya ujya ahandi kugira ngo akosore umuriro wagarutse, amenye ibitero by’ibibunda bya rutura, ndetse anayobora umuriro uva mu mbunda ku mwanya we bwite, wari wangiritse.
Nijoro byaragaragaye ko Duffy n'abantu be bazatsindwa.Yatangiye gutegura umwiherero, ahamagarira inkunga y’imbunda munsi y’umuriro wa Dusty Cyanide, kandi ni we wa nyuma wavuye mu kigo.
Bukeye bwaho mu gitondo, ingabo z’abanzi zateguye abasirikare ba Vietnam bo mu majyepfo basigaye inyuma, bituma hapfa abantu benshi ndetse no gutatanya abantu bakomeye.Duffy yafashe umwanya wo kwirwanaho kugirango abantu be basubize inyuma umwanzi.Hanyuma yayoboye abasigaye - benshi muri bo bakomeretse bikabije - berekeza mu karere k’impunzi, nubwo umwanzi yakomeje kubakurikirana.
Ageze aho bimuwe, Duffy yategetse kajugujugu yitwaje imbunda kongera kurasa ku mwanzi maze ashyira ahamanuka kajugujugu.Duffy yanze kujya muri kajugujugu kugeza igihe abandi bose bari mu ndege.Raporo yo kwimura San Diego Union-Tribune ivuga ko, ubwo Duffy yarimo aringaniza ku giti mu gihe cyo kwimura kajugujugu ye, yakijije umuparakomando wo muri Vietnam y'Epfo wari watangiye kugwa muri kajugujugu, aramufata aramusubiza inyuma, nyuma arafashwa nuwitwaje imbunda ya kajugujugu, wakomeretse mugihe cyo kwimurwa.
Duffy yabanje guhabwa igihembo cyihariye cya Service Cross kubera ibikorwa byavuzwe haruguru, icyakora iki gihembo giherutse kuzamurwa umudari wicyubahiro.Duffy, 84, hamwe na murumuna we Tom, bahawe igihembo cy’ikirenga cy’igihugu kubera ubuhanga bwa gisirikare na Perezida Joseph R. Biden mu birori byabereye muri White House ku ya 5 Nyakanga 2022.
Muri uwo muhango, Umuyobozi wungirije w'ingabo, Jenerali Joseph M. Martin yagize ati: "Ntabwo bitangaje kuba abantu bagera kuri 40 badafite ibiryo, amazi n'amasasu bakiri bazima mu mitwe yica abanzi."harimo umuhamagaro wo gutera ku mwanya we kugira ngo yemere batayo ye gusubira inyuma, byatumye guhunga bishoboka.Abavandimwe ba Major Duffy bo muri Vietnam… bemeza ko yakijije bataillon yabo kurimbuka burundu. ”
Hamwe na Duffy, abandi basirikare batatu bo muri Vietnam, ingabo zidasanzwe z’ingabo, bahawe umudari.5 Dennis M. Fujii, Abakozi b'ingabo Sgt.Edward N. Kaneshiro na Spc.5 Dwight Birdwell.
Duffy yagiye mu kiruhuko cy'izabukuru muri Gicurasi 1977. Mu myaka 22 amaze akora, yahawe ibindi bihembo 63 bitandukanye, harimo umunani w'umutuku.
Majoro amaze kujya mu kiruhuko cy'izabukuru, yimukiye i Santa Cruz, muri Kaliforuniya, amaherezo ahura maze arongora umugore witwa Mariya.Nkumusivili, yari perezida wikigo cyandika mbere yo kuba umunyamigabane no gushinga isosiyete ikora ibijyanye n’ibiciro, amaherezo yaje kugurwa na TD Ameritrade.
Duffy kandi yabaye umusizi, asobanura bimwe mubyamubayeho kurugamba mubyo yanditse, atanga inkuru kubisekuruza bizaza.Ibyinshi mu bisigo bye byasohotse kumurongo.Majoro yanditse ibitabo bitandatu by'imivugo kandi yatorewe igihembo cya Pulitzer.
Umuvugo wanditswe na Duffy witwa “Frontline Air Traffic Controllers” wanditswe ku rwibutso ruherereye i Colorado Springs, muri Kolorado ruha icyubahiro abahohotewe n’abashinzwe umutekano mu kirere.Nk’uko urubuga rwa Duffy rubitangaza, yanditse kandi Requiem, yasomwe igihe hafungurwaga urwibutso.Nyuma, Requiem yongewe mugice cyo hagati cyurwibutso rwumuringa.
Colonel William Reeder wahoze mu kiruhuko cy'izabukuru, Jr., abahoze mu rugerero banditse igitabo cyitwa Intwari zidasanzwe: Kurwanira umusozi wa Charlie muri Vietnam.Igitabo kirasobanura ibikorwa bya Duffy mu kwiyamamaza kwa 1972.
Nk’uko urubuga rwa Duffy rubitangaza, ni umunyamuryango washinze ishyirahamwe ry’intambara idasanzwe kandi yinjijwe mu Nzu y'ibyamamare ya OCS i Fort Benning, Jeworujiya mu 2013.
Minisiteri y’ingabo itanga ingufu za gisirikare zikenewe mu gukumira intambara no kurinda igihugu cyacu umutekano.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Ugushyingo-16-2022