Ngexesha lokhenketho lwayo olune neVietnam, umkhosi kaJohn Johm J. Duffy uhlala walwa emva kwemigca yotshaba. Ngexesha lokuhanjiswa okunjalo, akazange agcine ngesandla umzantsi weVietnam wase-Vietnalion osuka kwi-Massacre. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amahlanu kamva, inkonzo eyahlukileyo yomnqamlezo wafumana ngezi zenzo zaphuculwa kwi-shogel yembeko.
Duffy was born March 16, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York and enlisted in the Army in March 1955 at the age of 17. By 1963, he was promoted to officer and joined the elite 5th Special Forces Unit, the Green Berets.
Ngexesha lomsebenzi wakhe, uDuffy wathunyelwa eVietnam izihlandlo ezine: ngo-1967, ngo-1968, ngo-1971 nango-1973. Ngexesha lenkonzo yakhe yesithathu, wafumana imbasa yembeko.
Ekuqaleni kuka-Epreli 1972, uDuffy wayengumcebisi okuphezulu kwi-atite battalion kumkhosi waseVietnam waseVietnam waseVietnamese. Xa i-North Vietnamese izamile ukufaka idatha yenkxaso yomlilo ye-Charlie kwiLizwe eliPhakamileyo, amadoda kaDuffy ayalelwa ukuba ayeke imikhosi ye-batalion.
Njengokuba i-piettere isondele esiphelweni seveki yesibini, umphathi weVietnam wase-Vietnamese osebenza noDuffy wabulawa, isithuba somyalelo we-Battalion satshatyalaliswa, nokutya, amanzi, kunye nemipu bekusezantsi. UDuffy wenzakalise kabini kodwa wala ukufuduka.
Kwiminyaka yokuqala ye-14 ka-Epreli, i-Duffy izame ngokungaphumeleli ukuba imisele indawo yokufumana inqwelomoya. Ukuqhubeka, ukwazile ukusondela kwiindawo zomoya ophumeleleyo, obangela ukubetha komoya. Eyona nto iphambili yenzelwa okwesithathu ngamaqhekeza ompu, kodwa kwakhona yaliwe ngonyango.
Kungekudala emva koko, i-North Vietnamese yaqala i-armardment ye-argary yesiseko. UDuffy wahlala evulelekile ukusikhokelela kwi-helikoptaipters kwizikhundla zotshaba ukunqanda ukuhlaselwa. Xa le mpumelelo ikhokelele kwi-long, eyona nto ivavanya umonakalo kwisiseko kwaye yaqinisekisa ukuba amajoni aseVietnam asebuhlungu ashukunyiselwa ukuba akhuseleke. Uye waqinisekisa ukuhambisa imipu eseleyo kwabo banokubakhusela isiseko.
Kungekudala emva koko, utshaba lwaqala ukuhlasela kwakhona. I-DAFFY iqhubekile nomlilo kubo ukusuka kwimipu. Ngokuhlwa, amajoni otshaba aqala ukusinga ukuya kwisiseko ukusuka kuwo onke amacala. U-Duffy kwafuneka afudukele kwindawo yokugcina ukulungisa umlilo, chonga iithagethi kwiindawo ezihlala phantsi, kwaye uthobe umlilo ovela kubuhlungu kwisikhundla sakhe, obekho.
Ngokuhlwa, bekucacile ukuba uDuffy namadoda akhe aya koyiswa. Waqala ukulungiselela ukubuyela umva, ukubiza inkxaso yemipu phantsi kwe-saninade ye-churide yothuli, kwaye ekugqibeleni kwakokugqibela ukushiya isiseko.
Ngentsasa elandelayo, utshaba olunyanzela ukuba lube ngamajoni aseVietnam oseleyo kumazantsi eVietnam, ebangela ukuba abantu abaninzi abenzakeleyo kunye nokusasazeka kwamadoda anamandla. UDuffy wathatha indawo ezikhusela ukuze amadoda akhe abubuyisele utshaba. Emva koko wakhokela abo babeseleyo, uninzi lwabo babamba kakubi - kwindawo yobumbano, kanye njengokuba utshaba lwaluqhubela phambili.
Ukufika kwindawo yokukhutshwa, uDuffy wayalela ihelikopta exhobileyo ukuvula umlilo kwakhona kutshaba kwaye uphawule indawo yokufumana ihelikopta. UDuffy wala ukuqesha enye yehelikopta de wonke umntu akhwele. Ngokwengxelo ye-San Diego Union-Ingxelo yokukhutshelwa kwe-Pitdene ye-Pubigue, xa uDuffy wayenokulinganisa kwiheyile xa wayesandul 'ukuqalisa ukuwa e-Pietnatopta owayesandul' ukubuya umpu, owayesenzakala ngexesha lokukhutshwa.
UDuffy wawunikwa umnqamlezo ohlukileyo kwizenzo ezahlukileyo, nangona kunjalo le bhaso liphuculwe kwi-shogeli yembeko. UDuffy, abangama-84, kunye nomntakwabo Tom, bafumana elona bhaso liphezulu lelizwe livela kuMongameli Joseph R. Biden kumsitho weNdlu ESHEDGOS nge-5 kaJulayi 2022.
"Kubonakala kuyinto entle ukuba abantu abangama-40 ngaphandle kokutya, amanzi kunye nemipu kusaphila kotshaba," watsho esekela-mikhosi uJosefu M. Martin wathi kumsitho. Ukubandakanya umnxeba wokubetha kwindawo yakhe ukuvumela i-litalion yakhe ukuba ibuye umva, yenza ukuba kunokwenzeka. I-Duffy's Vietnamese yaseDuffy's Vietnamese ... sikholelwa ukuba wasindisa i-battalion yabo ukusuka kwitshabalaliso elipheleleyo. "
Ndikunye noDuffy, oonobumba abathathu beVietnam, imikhosi ekhethekileyo yabasemkhosini, banikwa imbasa. I-5 Denis M. Fujii, abasebenzi bomkhosi uSgt. Edward N. Kanyero kunye noMkhosi we-SPC. I-5 inkemba yentaka.
UDuffy uthathe umhlala-phantsi ngo-1977. Ngexesha leminyaka engama-22 yenkonzo, wafumana amanye amabhaso angama-63 namanye amabhaso namanye amazwe angama-63, kuquka iintliziyo ezimfusa ezimfusa zifunile.
Emva kolondolozo olukhulu, wafudukela eSanta Cruz, eCalifornia kwaye ekugqibeleni wadibana watshata umfazi ogama linguMariya. Njengomntu ongumntu, wayengumongameli wenkampani yokupapasha ngaphambi kokuba abe sisitokhwe kwaye siyise inkampani yomkhonzazana wezaphulelo, owafunyanwa yi-TD Americade.
UDuffy waba yimbongi, echaza amanye amava akhe e-commat kwimibhalo yakhe, edlula kumabali kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Uninzi lwemibongo yakhe ishicilelwe kwi-intanethi. Eyona nto iphambili ibhale iincwadi ezintandathu zombongo kwaye zonyulwa kwibhaso le-pitzer.
Umbongo obhalwe nguDuffy oxtywe "Abalawuli bezithuthi zika-motorline" ubhaliwe kwisikhumbuzo kwi-Colorado Springs, uColorado uhlonipha amaxhoba abalawuli bezithuthi ngaphambili. Ngokwewebhusayithi kaDuffy, wabhala nengxelo, eyayifundwe kukungavunyelwa kwesikhumbuzo. Emva kwexesha, iriyithi yongezwa kwicandelo eliphambili lesikhumbuzo sebhere.
I-Colom yomkhosi othathe umhlala-phantsi uWilliam Reeder, Jr., amaVeterans wabhala incwadi ye-Inradizamar i-valor valor: Iinkcukacha zencwadi duffing kwiphulo le-1972.
Ngokwe-Duffy's Website, ulilungu elisesikweni loMbutho olukhethekileyo wemfazwe kwaye wangena kwiholo ye-OCS ye-OCS e-OCS e-OCS e-OCS e-Form Beng, iGeorgia ngo-2013.
ISebe lezoKhuselo libonelela ngamandla omkhosi afunekayo ukukhusela imfazwe kwaye igcine ilizwe lethu ukhuselekile.
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