Gretchen Catherwood tana rike da tuta a kan akwatin gawar danta Marine Lance Cpl. Alec Katherwood ranar Laraba, 18 ga Agusta, 2021 a Springville, Tennessee. A cikin 2010, an kashe Alec mai shekaru 19 a lokacin da yake yakar Taliban a Afghanistan. Lokacin da yake raye, tana son taɓa fuskarsa. Yana da fata mai laushi kamar jariri, kuma lokacin da ta sa hannunta a kuncinsa, wannan babban marine mai karfi yana jin kamar karamin yaronta. (Hotunan AP/Karen Pulfer Focht)
Springville, Tennessee - Lokacin da ta ji an kulle kofar motar, tana ninke rigar ja tana tafiya zuwa taga, ta fahimci cewa lokacin da ta ko da yaushe tunanin zai kashe ta yana gab da zama gaskiya: Sojojin ruwa uku da wani limamin sojan ruwa. tafiya zuwa kofarta, wanda ke nufin abu daya ne kawai.
Ta dora hannunta akan shudin tauraro dake kusa da kofar gida, wanda alama ce ta kare danta Malin Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood (Alec Catherwood) wanda ya tashi zuwa fagen daga a Afghanistan makonni uku da suka gabata.
Sai da ta tuno, hankalinta ya tashi. Da gudu ta zagaya gidan. Ta bude kofa ta shaida wa mutumin cewa ba za su iya shiga ba, ta dauko kwandon fulawa ta jefa musu. Kuka take sosai dan ta kasa yin magana washegari.
"Ina son su ce komai," in ji Gretchen Catherwood, "saboda idan sun yi, gaskiya ne. Kuma, ba shakka, gaskiya ne.”
Duba da labarai na wadannan makonni biyu, Ina jin cewa wannan rana ta faru da minti goma da suka wuce. Lokacin da sojojin Amurka suka janye daga Afganistan, duk abin da suka yi aiki tukuru don ginawa kamar ya rushe nan take. Sojojin Afganistan sun ajiye makamansu, shugaban ya gudu, sannan 'yan Taliban suka karbe iko. Dubban mutane ne suka garzaya zuwa filin jirgin sama na Kabul, suna zawarcin tserewa, kuma Gretchen Catherwood ta ji a hannunta jajayen rigar da ta nade a lokacin da ta samu labarin cewa danta ya mutu.
Wayarta ta ci karo da labarin 'yan uwanta da suka taru tun daga wannan mummunan rana: dan sandan da ya tsere daga tukunyar fulawa; iyayen wasu mutane sun mutu a yaƙi ko kuma suka kashe kansu; danta yana cikin shahararriyar farko ta 5 Abokan aikin bataliya ta 3 na rundunar sojojin ruwa, wadanda ake yiwa lakabi da "Bakar Doki", sun fi samun asarar rayuka a Afghanistan. Yawancinsu suna kiranta "mahaifiya".
A wajen wannan da'irar, ta ga wani yana da'awar a kan Facebook cewa "wannan ɓarna ce ta rayuwa da yuwuwar." Abokai sun gaya mata yadda suka ji cewa ɗanta ya mutu a banza. Lokacin da ta yi musayar bayanai da wasu mutanen da suka biya farashin yaƙin, ta damu cewa ƙarshen yaƙin zai sa su yi shakkar muhimmancin abin da suka gani da wahala.
"Ina bukata ku san abubuwa uku," in ji wasu mutane. “Ba ku yi yaƙi don ɓata kuzarinku ba. Alec bai rasa ransa a banza ba. Ko yaya dai, anan zan jira ku har ranar da zan mutu. Waɗannan su ne duk abin da nake buƙatar ku tuna.
A cikin dazuzzukan bayan gidanta, ana ginin bukkar doki mai duhu. Ita da mijinta suna gina matsuguni, wurin da za su taru don tunkarar mugunyar yaƙi. Akwai dakuna 25, kuma kowane daki an sanya wa sunan wani mutum da aka kashe a sansanin danta. Ta ce wadanda suka koma gida sun zama ’ya’yansu maza da mata. Ta san cewa fiye da mutane shida ne suka mutu ta hanyar kunar bakin wake.
“Na damu da tasirin tunanin da wannan zai yi musu. Suna da ƙarfi sosai, masu ƙarfin hali, da ƙarfin hali. Amma kuma suna da manyan zukata da yawa. Kuma ina tsammanin za su iya shiga cikin da yawa kuma su zargi kansu, "in ji ta. "Allah na, ina fata ba za su zargi kansu ba."
Wannan hoton 2010 da Chelsea Lee ya bayar yana nuna Marine Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood (Alec Catherwood) A wannan dare, Bataliya ta 3 na Marines ta 5 da aka tura daga Camp Pendleton, California. George Barba ya tuna jirgin helikwafta na farko na Caterwood a lokacin horo da kuma yadda ya "murmushi kusa da kunnuwansa da murza kafafunsa kamar wani yaro zaune a kan babbar kujera". (Chelsea Lee ta hanyar Associated Press)
Bataliya ta 3 na rundunar sojojin ruwa ta 5 an tura ta ne daga Camp Pendleton dake jihar California a karshen shekarar 2010, inda ta aike da sojojin ruwan Amurka 1,000 zuwa Afghanistan, wanda zai kasance daya daga cikin balaguron zubar da jini ga sojojin Amurka.
Bataliyar Bakaken Doki ta fafata da mayakan Taliban a gundumar Sangin da ke lardin Helmand tsawon watanni shida. A yakin da Amurka ke jagoranta na kusan shekaru goma, Sangjin kusan yana karkashin ikon 'yan Taliban. Filayen poppy da aka yi amfani da su don narcotic suna ba wa masu fafutuka samun kudin shiga mai mahimmanci da suka kuduri aniyar rikewa.
Lokacin da sojojin ruwa suka isa, tutar Taliban farar fata ta tashi daga yawancin gine-gine. An yi amfani da lasifikan da aka nada don yada addu'o'i wajen yi wa sojojin Amurka ba'a. An rufe makarantar.
"Lokacin da tsuntsun ya sauka, an buge mu," in ji tsohon Sajan. George Barba na Menifee, California. “Mun ruga, muka shiga, na tuna sajan din mu ya ce mana: ‘Barka da zuwa Sankin. Kun dai sami ribbon na yaƙi.'
Maharbi ya labe cikin daji. Sojan da bindiga ya boye a bayan bangon laka. Bama-bamai na gida sun mayar da hanyoyi da magudanan ruwa zuwa tarkon mutuwa.
Sankin shine farkon tura Alec Catherwood na fama. Ya shiga aikin sojan ruwa ne tun yana makarantar sakandare, ya je sansanin ‘yan gudun hijira jim kadan bayan kammala karatunsa, sannan aka sanya shi cikin tawagar mutane 13 karkashin jagorancin wani tsohon Sajan. Sean Johnson.
Ƙwarewar Katherwood ta bar ra'ayi mai zurfi akan Johnson-lafiya, mai ƙarfi, kuma koyaushe akan lokaci.
"Yana da shekaru 19 kawai, don haka wannan na musamman ne," in ji Johnson. "Wasu mutane har yanzu suna son sanin yadda za su ɗaure takalma don kada a tsauta musu."
Katherwood ma ta basu dariya. Ya ɗauki ɗan ƙaramin abin wasa tare da shi a matsayin tallan wasa.
Barba ya tuno da hawan jirgi mai saukar ungulu na farko na Catherwood a lokacin horo da kuma yadda ya “murmushi kusa da kunnuwansa da murza kafafunsa kamar yaro zaune a kan doguwar kujera”.
Tsohon Cpl. William Sutton na Yorkville, Illinois, ya sha alwashin cewa Casewood zai yi ba'a ko da a musayar wuta.
"Alec, shi ne fitila a cikin duhu," in ji Sutton, wanda aka harbe sau da yawa a yakin Afghanistan. "Sai suka karbe mana."
Ranar 14 ga Oktoba, 2010, bayan sun tsaya gadi a wajen sintiri a cikin dare, tawagar Catherwood ta tashi don taimakawa sauran Marines da aka kai hari. Harsashin su ya kare.
Sun ketare filayen bude ido, suna amfani da magudanan ruwa a matsayin sutura. Bayan aika rabin tawagar lafiya zuwa gaba, Johnson ya bugi Katherwood a kan kwalkwali ya ce, "Mu tafi."
Ya ce bayan matakai uku kacal, an ji karar harbe-harbe da aka yi wa mayakan Taliban kwanton bauna a bayansu. Johnson ya sunkuyar da kansa sai yaga bullet a cikin wandonsa. An harbe shi a kafa. Sai kuma wani fashewar kurame—daya daga cikin Sojojin ruwa ya taka wani boyayyen bom. Ba zato ba tsammani Johnson ya suma kuma ya tashi a cikin ruwa.
Sai kuma wani fashewar wani abu. Kallon hagu, Johnson ya ga Catherwood yana shawagi a kasa. Ya ce a fili yake cewa matashin Marine ya mutu.
Fashewar da aka yi a lokacin kwantan bauna ta kashe wani sojan ruwa mai suna Lance Cpl. Joseph Lopez na Rosamond, California, da wani mutum sun sami munanan raunuka.
Bayan ya koma Amurka, Sajan Steve Bancroft ya hau tukin sa'o'i biyu mai wahala zuwa gidan iyayensa da ke Casewood, arewacin Illinois. Kafin ya zama jami'in taimakon wadanda suka mutu, ya yi aiki a Iraki na tsawon watanni bakwai kuma yana da alhakin sanar da iyalansa mutuwar a fagen fama.
Bancroft, wanda yanzu ya yi ritaya, ya ce: “Ba na son hakan ya faru da kowa, kuma ba zan iya bayyana hakan ba: Ba na so in kalli fuskar iyayena in gaya musu cewa ɗansu tilo ya rasu.”
Lokacin da ya raka danginsa zuwa Dover, Delaware, don kallon yadda akwatin gawar ke fitowa daga cikin jirgin, ya kasance mai hazaka. Amma da yake shi kaɗai, sai ya yi kuka. Lokacin da ya yi tunanin lokacin da ya isa gidan Gretchen da Kirk Catherwood, har yanzu yana kuka.
Dariya suka yi da tukwanen fulawar da aka watsar yanzu. Har yanzu yana tattaunawa da su akai-akai da sauran iyayen da ya sanar. Ko da yake bai taɓa saduwa da Alec ba, yana jin cewa ya san shi.
“Dan su jarumi ne. Yana da wuya a bayyana, amma ya sadaukar da wani abu da sama da kashi 99% na mutanen duniya ba su taba son yi ba,” inji shi.
“Shin yana da daraja? Mun yi asarar mutane da yawa. Yana da wuya a yi tunanin nawa muka yi asara.” Yace.
Gretchen Catherwood ta karɓi ɗanta Purple Heart a Springville, Tennessee a ranar Laraba, 18 ga Agusta, 2021. An kashe Alec Katherwood mai shekaru 19 a yaƙi da Taliban a Afghanistan a cikin 2010. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)
Gretchen Catherwood ya rataye giciyen da dansa ya yi a kan gadonta, tare da rataye tambarin karensa.
Gilashin gilashi ya rataye gefensa, yana hura tokar wani matashin Marine: Cpl. Paul Wedgwood, ya tafi gida.
Black Horse Camp ya koma California a watan Afrilun 2011. Bayan watanni ana gwabza kazamin fada, sun kwace Sanjin daga hannun Taliban. Shugabannin gwamnatin lardi za su iya yin aiki lafiya. Yara, ciki har da 'yan mata, suna komawa makaranta.
Ya biya farashi mai nauyi. Baya ga mutane 25 da suka rasa rayukansu, fiye da mutane 200 ne suka je gida da raunuka, da dama daga cikinsu sun rasa sassan jikinsu, wasu kuma sun fi fuskantar tabo.
Wedgwood ya kasa barci lokacin da ya kammala shekaru hudu na shiga aikin kuma ya bar Marines a 2013. Kadan ya yi barci, yana sha.
Tatton da ke hannunsa na sama ya nuna wata takarda mai ɗauke da sunayen sojojin ruwa huɗu da aka kashe a Sankin. Wedgwood ya yi la'akari da sake yin rajista, amma ya gaya wa mahaifiyarsa: "Idan na zauna, ina tsammanin zan mutu."
Maimakon haka, Wedgwood ya tafi kwaleji a garinsu na Colorado, amma ba da daɗewa ba ya rasa sha'awar. Gaskiya sun tabbatar da cewa darussan walda na kwalejojin al'umma sun fi dacewa.
An gano Wedgwood da matsalar damuwa bayan tashin hankali. Yana shan magani yana shiga cikin magani.
"Ya mai da hankali sosai kan lafiyar kwakwalwa," in ji Helen Wedgewood, mahaifiyar Marine Corps. "Ba tsohon soja ba ne da aka yi watsi da shi."
Duk da haka, ya yi ta fama. A ranar 4 ga Yuli, Wedgwood zai kawo karensa zuwa sansani a cikin dazuzzuka don guje wa wasan wuta. Bayan wata na'ura da ba ta da amfani ta sa shi tsalle zuwa ƙasa, ya bar aikin da yake so.
Shekaru biyar bayan Sanjin, al'amura suna samun sauki. Wedgwood yana shirya sabon aikin da zai ba shi damar komawa Afghanistan a matsayin dan kwangilar tsaro mai zaman kansa. Da alama yana wuri mai kyau.
A ranar 23 ga Agusta, 2016, bayan sun sha dare tare da abokin zamansa, Wedgwood bai fito wurin aiki ba. Daga baya, wani abokin zama ya same shi ya mutu a cikin ɗakin kwana. Ya harbe kansa. Yana da shekaru 25.
Ta yi imanin cewa danta da sauran wadanda suka kashe kansu ne yakin ya rutsa da su, kamar wadanda suka rasa rayukansu a harin.
Lokacin da kungiyar Taliban ta sake karbe iko da kasar Afganistan kafin cika shekaru biyar da mutuwar danta, ta ji dadin yadda aka kawo karshen yakin da ya kashe Amurkawa sama da 2,400 tare da jikkata sama da mutane 20,700. Amma kuma abin bakin ciki ne cewa nasarorin da al'ummar Afganistan - musamman mata da yara - na iya zama na wucin gadi.
Lokacin aikawa: Agusta-31-2021