A lokacin rangadinsa guda huɗu zuwa Vietnam, Manjo John J. Duffy yakan yi yaƙi a bayan layin abokan gaba. A wani lokaci da aka tura shi, shi kaɗai ya ceci rundunar sojojin Kudancin Vietnam daga kisan gilla. Shekaru hamsin bayan haka, an ɗaukaka shi zuwa ga Babban Giciyen Sojoji saboda waɗannan ayyukan 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 na 1955 yana da shekaru 17. A shekarar 1963, an kara masa matsayi zuwa jami'i kuma ya shiga rundunar sojoji ta 5 ta musamman, Green Berets.
A lokacin aikinsa, an aika Duffy zuwa Vietnam sau huɗu: a 1967, 1968, 1971 da 1973. A lokacin aikinsa na uku, ya sami lambar yabo ta girmamawa.
A farkon watan Afrilun 1972, Duffy babban mai ba da shawara ne ga wata runduna mai ƙarfi a cikin Sojojin Kudancin Vietnam. Lokacin da 'yan Arewa na Vietnam suka yi ƙoƙarin kama sansanin taimakon kashe gobara na Charlie a tsakiyar tsaunukan ƙasar, an umarci mutanen Duffy da su dakatar da sojojin rundunar.
Yayin da harin ya kusa ƙarewa a ƙarshen mako na biyu, an kashe kwamandan Kudancin Vietnam da ke aiki tare da Duffy, an lalata sansanin kwamandan rundunar, kuma abinci, ruwa, da harsasai sun fara ƙarewa. Duffy ya ji rauni sau biyu amma ya ƙi a kwashe shi.
Da sanyin safiyar ranar 14 ga Afrilu, Duffy ya yi ƙoƙarin kafa wurin saukar jiragen sama don sake jigilar su amma bai yi nasara ba. Ya ci gaba da tafiya, ya sami damar kusantar wuraren yaƙi da jiragen sama na abokan gaba, wanda ya haifar da harin sama. Manjon ya ji rauni a karo na uku sakamakon tarkacen bindigogi, amma ya sake ƙin karɓar kulawar likita.
Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, 'yan Arewacin Vietnam suka fara kai hare-haren bama-bamai kan sansanin. Duffy ya ci gaba da kasancewa a buɗe don jagorantar jiragen sama masu saukar ungulu na Amurka zuwa wuraren abokan gaba don dakatar da harin. Lokacin da wannan nasarar ta haifar da dakatar da yaƙin, babban kwamandan ya tantance lalacewar da aka samu a sansanin kuma ya tabbatar da cewa an mayar da sojojin Kudancin Vietnam da suka ji rauni zuwa wurin tsaro. Ya kuma tabbatar da rarraba sauran harsasai ga waɗanda har yanzu za su iya kare sansanin.
Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, maƙiyan suka sake kai hari. Daffy ya ci gaba da harbinsu daga jirgin ruwan yaƙin. Da yamma, sojojin abokan gaba suka fara taruwa zuwa sansanin daga kowane bangare. Dole ne Duffy ya motsa daga wuri zuwa wuri don gyara harbin da aka yi masa, ya gano inda masu leƙen asiri za su nufa, har ma ya kai hari daga jirgin ruwan da ke wurinsa, wanda aka yi masa rauni.
Da dare ya yi, sai aka ga cewa Duffy da mutanensa za su sha kashi. Ya fara shirya wani shiri na ja da baya, yana neman goyon bayan jiragen yaƙi a ƙarƙashin harbin da Dusty Cyanide ya yi masa, kuma shi ne na ƙarshe da ya bar sansanin.
Washegari da sassafe, sojojin abokan gaba sun yi wa sauran sojojin Kudancin Vietnam kwanton bauna, inda suka yi sanadiyyar mutuwar mutane da dama, sannan suka tarwatsa mutane masu ƙarfi. Duffy ya ɗauki matakan kariya domin sojojinsa su iya korar abokan gaba. Daga nan ya jagoranci waɗanda suka rage—da yawa daga cikinsu sun ji rauni sosai—zuwa yankin da aka kwashe su, duk da cewa abokan gaba suna ci gaba da bin su.
Da ya isa wurin da aka kwashe mutanen, Duffy ya umarci jirgin sama mai dauke da makamai ya sake bude wuta ga abokan gaba sannan ya sanya alama a wurin da jirgin helikwafta zai sauka. Duffy ya ki shiga daya daga cikin jiragen har sai kowa ya shiga. A cewar rahoton kwashe mutanen da ke San Diego Union-Tribune, lokacin da Duffy ke tsaye a kan sandar da ke kan jirgin yayin da ake kwashe mutanen da ke kan jirgin, ya ceto wani jirgin ruwa mai saukar ungulu na Kudancin Vietnam wanda ya fara fadowa daga jirgin, ya kama shi ya ja shi baya, sannan mai harbin ƙofar jirgin ya taimaka masa, wanda ya ji rauni a lokacin kwashe mutanen.
Da farko an ba Duffy lambar yabo ta Distinguished Service Cross saboda ayyukan da aka ambata a sama, duk da haka an ɗaga wannan lambar yabo zuwa lambar yabo ta girmamawa kwanan nan. Duffy, mai shekaru 84, tare da ɗan'uwansa Tom, sun sami lambar yabo mafi girma ta ƙasa don ƙwarewar soja daga Shugaba Joseph R. Biden a wani biki da aka yi a Fadar White House a ranar 5 ga Yuli, 2022.
"Abin mamaki ne cewa kimanin mutane 40 ba tare da abinci, ruwa da harsasai ba har yanzu suna raye a tsakanin ƙungiyoyin kashe abokan gaba," in ji Mataimakin Babban Hafsan Sojan Janar Joseph M. Martin a wurin bikin. Har da kiran kai hari a wurin da yake don barin rundunarsa ta ja da baya, ya sa ya yiwu a tsere. 'Yan'uwan Major Duffy na Vietnam ... sun yi imanin cewa ya ceci rundunarsu daga halaka gaba ɗaya."
Tare da Duffy, an ba wa ƙarin sojojin Vietnam guda uku, rundunonin soji na musamman, lambar yabo. 5 Dennis M. Fujii, Sajent Edward N. Kaneshiro da kuma Sojan Ruwa na 5 Dwight Birdwell.
Duffy ya yi ritaya a watan Mayun 1977. A tsawon shekaru 22 na aikinsa, ya sami wasu kyaututtuka da kyaututtuka 63, ciki har da Purple Hearts guda takwas.
Bayan Major ya yi ritaya, ya koma Santa Cruz, California, daga ƙarshe ya haɗu da wata mata mai suna Mary, ya auri ta. A matsayinsa na farar hula, shi ne shugaban kamfanin buga littattafai kafin ya zama dillalin hannun jari kuma ya kafa kamfanin dillanci mai rangwame, wanda daga ƙarshe TD Ameritrade ya saya.
Duffy ya kuma zama mawaƙi, yana bayyana wasu daga cikin abubuwan da ya fuskanta a yaƙi a rubuce-rubucensa, yana isar da labarai ga tsararraki masu zuwa. An buga yawancin waƙoƙinsa a yanar gizo. Major ya rubuta littattafai shida na waƙoƙi kuma an zaɓe shi don kyautar Pulitzer.
An rubuta wata waƙa da Duffy ya rubuta mai taken "Frontline Air Traffic Controllers" a kan wani abin tunawa da ke Colorado Springs, Colorado, inda aka girmama waɗanda suka rasa rayukansu sakamakon masu kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama na gaba. A cewar gidan yanar gizon Duffy, shi ma ya rubuta Requiem, wanda aka karanta a lokacin buɗe abin tunawa. Daga baya, an ƙara Requiem a tsakiyar ɓangaren abin tunawa da tagulla.
Tsohon soja, Kanar William Reeder, Jr., ya rubuta littafin Extraordinary Valor: Fighting for Charlie Hill in Vietnam. Littafin ya yi cikakken bayani game da nasarorin da Duffy ya samu a yakin neman zabe na 1972.
A cewar shafin yanar gizon Duffy, shi memba ne na kafa Ƙungiyar Yaƙi ta Musamman kuma an shigar da shi cikin Ɗakin Yaƙi na OCS da ke Fort Benning, Georgia a shekarar 2013.
Ma'aikatar Tsaro tana ba da ƙarfin soja da ake buƙata don hana yaƙi da kuma kiyaye ƙasarmu lafiya.
Lokacin Saƙo: Nuwamba-16-2022
