Mukufamba kwake mana kuVietnam, Mukuru wemauto John J. Duffy aiwanzorwa ari kumashure kwevavengi. Pane imwe nguva yekuendeswa kuhondo kwakadaro, akaponesa battalion yeSouth Vietnam kubva mukuurayiwa kwevanhu vakawanda. Makore makumi mashanu gare gare, Distinguished Service Cross yaakagamuchira nekuda kwezviito izvi yakagadziridzwa kuita Medal of Honor.
Duffy akaberekwa musi wa16 Kurume, 1938 muBrooklyn, New York uye akanyoresa muuto munaKurume 1955 aine makore 17. Pakazosvika 1963, akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru wemauto ndokubatana nechikwata chepamusoro che5th Special Forces Unit, cheGreen Berets.
Munguva yebasa rake, Duffy akatumirwa kuVietnam kana kana: muna 1967, 1968, 1971 na1973. Munguva yebasa rake rechitatu, akagamuchira Medal of Honor.
Pakutanga kwaKubvumbi 1972, Duffy aive mupi wemazano mukuru weboka repamusoro remauto eSouth Vietnamese Army. Mauto ekuNorth Vietnam paakaedza kutora nzvimbo yekutsigira pfuti yaCharlie munzvimbo dzakakwirira dzepakati penyika, varume vaDuffy vakarayirwa kuti vamise mauto eboka iri.
Kurwisa kwacho pakwakanga kwava pedyo nekupera kwevhiki rechipiri, mukuru wemauto ekuSouth Vietnam aishanda naDuffy akaurayiwa, nzvimbo yekuraira yebattalion yakaparadzwa, uye chikafu, mvura, nepfuti zvakanga zvava kuderera. Duffy akakuvara kaviri asi akaramba kubviswa.
Mumaawa ekutanga emusi wa14 Kubvumbi, Duffy akaedza asi akakundikana kugadzira nzvimbo yekumhara yendege itsva. Achienderera mberi, akakwanisa kusvika pedyo nenzvimbo dzekurwisa ndege dzemuvengi, zvikaita kuti dzirwiswe nendege. Mukuru wemauto akakuvadzwa kechitatu nezvidimbu zvepfuti, asi akaramba kurapwa zvakare.
Nguva pfupi yadarika, mauto ekuNorth Vietnam akatanga kubhomba nhare dzehondo panhare. Duffy akaramba ari pachena kuti atungamirire mahelikoputa eUS kunzvimbo dzevavengi kuti amise kurwiswa. Kubudirira uku pakwakakonzera kudzikira kwehondo, mukuru wemauto akaongorora kukuvara kwenhare uye akaona kuti masoja ekuSouth Vietnam akakuvara aendeswa kunzvimbo yakachengeteka. Akavawo nechokwadi chekugovera zvombo zvasara kune avo vachiri kukwanisa kudzivirira nhare.
Nguva pfupi yadarika, muvengi akatanga kurwisa zvakare. Daffy akaramba achivapfura ari muchikepe chepfuti. Manheru, masoja emuvengi akatanga kudirana achienda kunzvimbo yacho kubva kumativi ese. Duffy aifanira kufamba-famba kubva panzvimbo imwe kuenda kune imwe kuti agadzirise pfuti dzaidzoka, kuona vanhu vaiona zvombo, uye kutopfura nepfuti panzvimbo yake, iyo yakanga yakanganiswa.
Pakazosvika husiku zvakanga zvava pachena kuti Duffy nevarume vake vaizokundwa. Akatanga kuronga kudzokera shure, achikumbira rutsigiro rwemauto ehondo pasi pepfuti yaDusty Cyanide, uye ndiye wekupedzisira kubuda panhandare.
Mangwanani-ngwanani akatevera, mauto evavengi akarwisa varwi vekuSouth Vietnam vakanga vasara vachidzokera shure, zvikaita kuti vamwe vaurayiwe uye varume vakasimba vapararire. Duffy akatora nzvimbo dzekuzvidzivirira kuitira kuti varume vake vakwanise kudzora muvengi. Akazotungamira avo vakasara—vazhinji vavo vakakuvara zvakanyanya—kuenda kunzvimbo yekubuda, kunyange muvengi akaramba achivatevera.
Achisvika panzvimbo yekubuda, Duffy akarayira helikopta ine zvombo kuti ipfure zvakare muvengi uye akaisa chiratidzo panzvimbo yekumhara helikopta yekununura. Duffy akaramba kukwira imwe yehelikopta kusvika vamwe vese vapinda. Sekureva kwemushumo weSan Diego Union-Tribune wekubuda, Duffy paakanga akamira padanda panguva yekubuda kwehelikopta yake, akanunura mumwe murwi weparachuti wekuSouth Vietnam uyo akanga atanga kudonha kubva muhelikopta, akamubata ndokumudhonza, ndokuzobatsirwa nemupfuri wepasuo rehelikopta, uyo akakuvara panguva yekubuda.
Duffy pakutanga akapihwa Distinguished Service Cross nekuda kwezviito zvataurwa pamusoro apa, asi mubairo uyu wakavandudzwa kuita Medal of Honor. Duffy, ane makore 84, pamwe chete nemunin'ina wake Tom, vakagamuchira mubairo wepamusoro-soro wenyika nekuda kwehunyanzvi hwavo muhondo kubva kuna Mutungamiri Joseph R. Biden pamhemberero yakaitirwa kuWhite House musi wa5 Chikunguru 2022.
"Zvinoita sezvisinganzwisisike kuti vanhu vanosvika makumi mana vasina chikafu, mvura nepfuti vachiri vapenyu pakati pemapoka evavengi vanouraya," Mutevedzeri weMukuru weVashandi vemauto, General Joseph M. Martin, akadaro pamhemberero iyi, kusanganisira kushevedzwa kwekurwisa panzvimbo yake kuti battalion yake idzoke, zvakaita kuti kutiza kuitike. Hama dzaMeja Duffy dzekuVietnam ... dzinotenda kuti akaponesa battalion yavo kubva mukuparadzwa zvachose.
Pamwe chete naDuffy, vamwe varwi vatatu vekuVietnam, mauto akakosha ehondo, vakapihwa menduru iyi. 5 Dennis M. Fujii, Sajeni Edward N. Kaneshiro, uye 5 Dwight Birdwell, wemauto ehondo.
Duffy akarega basa muna Chivabvu 1977. Mumakore ake makumi maviri nemaviri ebasa, akagamuchira mimwe mibairo nemadhigirii makumi matanhatu nematatu, kusanganisira Purple Hearts misere.
Mushure mekunge Major aenda pamudyandigere, akatamira kuSanta Cruz, California uye akazosangana nemukadzi ainzi Mary ndokuroora. Semunhu asiri mugari wehurumende, aive purezidhendi wekambani yekubudisa mabhuku asati ava mutengesi wemasheya uye akatanga kambani yekutengesa zvinhu zvishoma, iyo yakazotengwa neTD Ameritrade.
Duffy akavawo mudetembi, achitsanangura zvimwe zvezvakaitika muhondo muzvinyorwa zvake, achipa nyaya kuzvizvarwa zvinotevera. Nhetembo dzake zhinji dzakaburitswa online. Major akanyora mabhuku matanhatu enhetembo uye akasarudzwa kuPulitzer Prize.
Nhetembo yakanyorwa naDuffy ine musoro unoti “Frontline Air Traffic Controllers” yakanyorwa pachivako chiri muColorado Springs, Colorado ichiremekedza vanhu vakaurayiwa nevanodzora mafambiro endege vari pamberi. Sekureva kwewebhusaiti yaDuffy, akanyorawo Requiem, iyo yakaverengwa pakuburitswa kwechivako ichi. Gare gare, Requiem yakawedzerwa pakati pechivako chebhuronzi.
Colonel William Reeder, Jr., veterans vakanyora bhuku rinonzi Extraordinary Valor: Fighting for Charlie Hill in Vietnam. Bhuku iri rinotsanangura zvakaitwa naDuffy muhondo ya1972.
Sekureva kwewebhusaiti yaDuffy, ndiye nhengo yekutanga yeSpecial Warfare Association uye akapinzwa muOCS Infantry Hall of Fame kuFort Benning, Georgia muna 2013.
Dhipatimendi reDziviriro rinopa simba remauto rinodiwa kudzivirira hondo uye kuchengetedza nyika yedu yakachengeteka.
Nguva yekutumira: Mbudzi-16-2022
