Gretchen Catherwood ali ndi mbendera pa bokosi la mwana wake Marine Lance Cpl. Alec Katherwood Lachitatu, Ogasiti 18, 2021 ku Springville, Tennessee. Mu 2010, Alec wazaka 19 anaphedwa pamene akumenyana ndi a Taliban ku Afghanistan. Pamene anali moyo, iye ankakonda kugwira nkhope yake. Ali ndi khungu lofewa ngati lamwana, ndipo akayika dzanja lake pa tsaya lake, Marine wamkulu wamphamvuyu amamva ngati mwana wake wamng'ono. (Chithunzi cha AP/Karen Pulfer Focht)
Springville, Tennessee - Atamva chitseko chagalimoto chikutsekedwa, amapinda sweti yofiyira ndikuyenda pawindo, pozindikira kuti nthawi yomwe amangoganiza kuti ingamupha yatsala pang'ono kukwaniritsidwa: Asilikali atatu apamadzi ndi wophunzitsa panyanja. ndikuyenda kulowera pakhomo pake, zomwe zingatanthauze chinthu chimodzi chokha.
Anayika dzanja lake pa nyenyezi ya buluu pafupi ndi khomo lakutsogolo, lomwe linali chizindikiro cha kuteteza mwana wake Malin Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood (Alec Catherwood) omwe adanyamuka kupita kunkhondo ku Afghanistan masabata atatu apitawa.
Kenako, monga anakumbukira, anasokonezeka maganizo. Anathamanga mwankhalwe kuzungulira nyumba. Anatsegula chitseko n’kuuza mwamunayo kuti sangalowe. Anakuwa kwambiri moti sanathe kulankhula kwa nthawi yaitali mawa lake.
"Ndimangofuna kuti asanene chilichonse," adatero Gretchen Catherwood, "chifukwa ngati atero, ndi zoona. Ndipo, ndithudi, n’zoona.”
Kuyang'ana nkhani za masabata awiriwa, ndikumva kuti tsikuli lidachitika mphindi khumi zapitazo. Asilikali aku US atachoka ku Afghanistan, zonse zomwe adagwira ntchito molimbika kuti amange zidawoneka ngati zikugwa nthawi yomweyo. Asilikali aku Afghanistan adayika zida zawo pansi, Purezidenti adathawa, ndipo a Taliban adalanda. Anthu zikwizikwi adathamangira ku Kabul Airport, akufunitsitsa kuthawa, ndipo Gretchen Catherwood adamva m'manja mwake sweti yofiira yomwe amapinda atamva kuti mwana wake wamwalira.
Foni yake ya m'manja inamveka nkhani zochokera kwa achibale ake omwe anasonkhana kuyambira tsiku loopsalo: wapolisi amene anathawa mphika wamaluwa; makolo a anthu ena anafera kunkhondo kapena kudzipha; mwana wake anali woyamba wotchuka 5 The comrades mu 3 Battalion wa Marine Corps, wotchedwa "Black Horse Camp", ali ndi chiwopsezo chapamwamba kwambiri ovulala ku Afghanistan. Ambiri a iwo amamutcha "amayi".
Kunja kwa bwaloli, adawona wina akunena pa Facebook kuti "uku ndikuwononga moyo komanso kuthekera." Anzake anamuuza kuti akumva chisoni kwambiri kuti mwana wake anamwalira pachabe. Pamene ankakambirana ndi anthu ena amene analipira ndalama zankhondoyo, ankada nkhawa kuti kutha kwa nkhondoyo kungachititse kuti azikayikira kufunika kwa zimene anaona komanso kuvutika.
“Ndikufuna kuti udziwe zinthu zitatu,” anatero kwa anthu ena. “Simunalimbana kuti muwononge mphamvu zanu. Alec sanataye moyo wake pachabe. Mulimonsemo, ndidzakudikirani pano mpaka tsiku limene ndidzamwalire. Izi ndi zonse zomwe ndikufunika kuti uzikumbukira. "
M'nkhalango kuseri kwa nyumba yake, nyumba ya akavalo akuda ikumangidwa. Iye ndi mwamuna wake akumanga malo opulumukirako omenyera nkhondo, malo omwe angasonkhane pamodzi kuti athane ndi zoopsa zankhondo. Pali zipinda 25, ndipo chipinda chilichonse chimatchedwa dzina la munthu amene anaphedwa mumsasa wa mwana wake. Iye adati omwe adabwerera kwawo adakhala ana awo omwe adawaberekera. Iye akudziwa kuti anthu oposa 6 afa podzipha.
"Ndikuda nkhawa ndi momwe izi zingakhudzire iwo. Iwo ndi amphamvu kwambiri, olimba mtima, olimba mtima kwambiri. Koma amakhalanso ndi mitima yaikulu kwambiri. Ndipo ndikuganiza kuti atha kukhala mkati mozama ndikudziimba mlandu, ”adatero. “Mulungu wanga, ndikhulupirira kuti sadziimba mlandu.”
Chithunzi ichi cha 2010 choperekedwa ndi Chelsea Lee chikuwonetsa Marine Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood (Alec Catherwood) Usiku umenewo, Gulu Lachitatu la asilikali a 5th Marines anatumizidwa kuchokera ku Camp Pendleton, California. George Barba anakumbukira ulendo woyamba wa helikoputala wa Caterwood panthawi yophunzitsidwa ndi mmene “anamwetulira pafupi ndi makutu ake ndi kugwedeza mapazi ake ngati mwana amene wakhala pampando wapamwamba”. (Chelsea Lee kudzera ku Associated Press)
Gulu lachitatu la Gulu Lankhondo la 5 la Marine Corps linatumizidwa kuchokera ku Camp Pendleton, California kumapeto kwa 2010, kutumiza 1,000 US Marines ku Afghanistan, yomwe idzakhala imodzi mwa maulendo okhetsa magazi kwambiri kwa asilikali a ku America.
Gulu la Black Horse Battalion linamenyana ndi zigawenga za Taliban m'chigawo cha Sangin m'chigawo cha Helmand kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi. Pankhondo yotsogozedwa ndi US kwa pafupifupi zaka khumi, Sangjin anali pafupi kulamulidwa ndi a Taliban. Malo obiriwira a poppy omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito popangira mankhwala osokoneza bongo amapatsa zigawenga ndalama zamtengo wapatali zomwe atsimikiza mtima kukhala nazo.
A Marines atafika, mbendera yoyera ya Taliban idawuluka kuchokera mnyumba zambiri. Zilankhulo zomwe zidayikidwa pamapemphero owulutsa zidagwiritsidwa ntchito kunyoza gulu lankhondo la US. Sukulu yatsekedwa.
“Mbalameyo itatera, tinali titamenyedwa,” anatero wansembe wakaleyo. George Barba waku Menifee, California. “Tinathamanga, tinalowa, ndikukumbukira kuti sajenti wathu wa zida zankhondo anatiuza kuti: 'Takulandirani ku Sankin. Mwangotenga riboni yanu yomenyera nkhondo.'
Wowomberayo anabisala m’nkhalango. Msilikali amene anali ndi mfuti anabisala kuseri kwa khoma lamatope. Mabomba odzipangira tokha anasandutsa misewu ndi ngalande kukhala misampha yakupha.
Sankin ndi gawo loyamba lankhondo la Alec Catherwood. Analowa m’gulu la asilikali a m’madzi adakali pasukulu yasekondale, ndipo anapita ku kampu yochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi atangomaliza maphunziro ake, ndipo kenako anatumizidwa m’gulu la amuna 13 lotsogozedwa ndi amene kale anali sajeni. Sean Johnson.
Katswiri wa Katherwood adakhudza kwambiri Johnson-wathanzi, wamphamvu m'maganizo, komanso nthawi yake.
"Ali ndi zaka 19 zokha, choncho izi nzopadera," anatero Johnson. "Anthu ena amangofuna kudziwa momwe angamangire nsapato zawo kuti asawadzudzule."
Katherwood adawasekanso. Ananyamula chidole chaching'ono chamtengo wapatali ngati chothandizira nthabwala.
Barba anakumbukira ulendo woyamba wa helikopita wa Catherwood panthawi yophunzitsidwa ndi mmene “anamwetulira pafupi ndi makutu ake ndi kugwedeza mapazi ake ngati mwana amene wakhala pampando wapamwamba”.
Kale Cpl. William Sutton wa ku Yorkville, Illinois, analumbira kuti Casewood adzachita nthabwala ngakhale posinthanitsa ndi moto.
"Alec, ndi nyali mumdima," adatero Sutton, yemwe adawomberedwa kambirimbiri pankhondo ku Afghanistan. "Kenako adatilanda."
Pa Okutobala 14, 2010, atayimilira kunja kwa malo olondera usiku, gulu la Catherwood linanyamuka kukathandiza Marines ena omwe akuwukiridwa. Zida zawo zidatha.
Anawoloka minda yotseguka, pogwiritsa ntchito ngalande za ulimi wothirira ngati zophimba. Atatumiza theka la gululo kutsogolo, Johnson anagogoda Katherwood pachisoti ndipo anati, “Tiyeni tizipita.”
Ananenanso kuti atangoyenda masitepe atatu okha, mfuti zobisalira omenyera a Taliban zidamveka kumbuyo kwawo. Johnson adatsitsa mutu wake ndipo adawona bowolo lachipolopolo mubudula lake. Anamuombera mwendo. Kenako kunachitika kuphulika kogonthetsa m’kutu—mmodzi wa Asilikali apamadzi anaponda bomba lobisika. Johnson anakomoka mwadzidzidzi ndipo anadzuka m’madzi.
Kenako kunaphulikanso. Kuyang'ana kumanzere, Johnson adawona Catherwood akuyandama chafufumimba. Iye ananena kuti zinali zoonekeratu kuti Marine wachichepereyo anali atafa.
Kuphulikako panthawi yobisalirako kudapha Marine wina, Lance Cpl. Joseph Lopez wa ku Rosamond, California, ndi munthu wina anavulala kwambiri.
Atabwerera ku United States, Sergeant Steve Bancroft anayamba ulendo wovuta wa maola aŵiri kupita kunyumba ya makolo ake ku Casewood, kumpoto kwa Illinois. Asanakhale wothandizira anthu ovulala, adatumikira ku Iraq kwa miyezi isanu ndi iwiri ndipo anali ndi udindo wodziwitsa banja lake za imfa pankhondo.
Bancroft, amene tsopano anapuma pantchito, anati: “Sindimafuna kuti zimenezi zichitikire aliyense, ndipo sindingathe kuzifotokoza: sindikufuna kuyang’ana nkhope za makolo anga ndi kuwauza kuti mwana wawo mmodzi yekha wapita.”
Pamene amayenera kuperekeza banja lake kupita ku Dover, Delaware, kuti akawone bokosi likutuluka mundege, anali wotopa. Koma pamene anali yekha, analira. Akaganizira nthawi yomwe adafika kunyumba ya Gretchen ndi Kirk Catherwood, anali akulirabe.
Anaseka miphika yamaluwa yotayidwa tsopano. Amalankhulabe nthawi zonse ndi makolo ena omwe amawadziwitsa. Ngakhale kuti anali asanakumanepo ndi Alec, ankaona kuti amamudziwa.
“Mwana wawo ndi ngwazi. Ndizovuta kufotokoza, koma adapereka chinthu chomwe anthu oposa 99% padziko lapansi sanafune kuchita, "adatero.
“Kodi n’koyenera? Tataya anthu ambiri. N’zovuta kulingalira kuti tataya zochuluka bwanji.” Iye anatero.
Gretchen Catherwood analandira Purple Heart ya mwana wake wamwamuna ku Springville, Tennessee Lachitatu, August 18, 2021. Alec Katherwood wazaka 19 anaphedwa pankhondo ndi a Taliban ku Afghanistan mu 2010. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)
Gretchen Catherwood anapachika mtanda wovekedwa ndi mwana wake wamwamuna pamtengo wake, ndi galu wake atapachikidwapo.
Mkanda wagalasi unapachikidwa pambali pake, ndikuwomba phulusa la Marine wina wachichepere: Cpl. Paul Wedgwood, anapita kwawo.
Black Horse Camp inabwerera ku California mu April 2011. Pambuyo pa miyezi ya nkhondo yoopsa, iwo analanda Sanjin kuchokera ku Taliban. Atsogoleri a maboma azigawo atha kuchitapo kanthu motetezeka. Ana, kuphatikizapo atsikana, amabwerera kusukulu.
Zinalipira mtengo wolemera. Kuwonjezera pa anthu 25 omwe anataya miyoyo yawo, anthu oposa 200 anabwerera kwawo ali ovulala, ambiri mwa iwo anaduka miyendo, ndipo ena anali ndi zipsera zovuta kuziwona.
Wedgwood sanathe kugona pamene adamaliza zaka zinayi za kulembetsa ndipo adachoka ku Marines ku 2013. Akamagona pang'ono, amamwa kwambiri.
Chojambula chapa mkono wake wakumtunda chinawonetsa mpukutu wa pepala wokhala ndi mayina a Marines anayi omwe adaphedwa ku Sankin. Wedgwood analingalira zolembetsanso, koma anauza amayi ake kuti: “Ngati ndikhala, ndikuganiza kuti ndifa.”
M'malo mwake, Wedgwood anapita ku koleji kumudzi kwawo ku Colorado, koma posakhalitsa anasiya chidwi. Zowona zatsimikizira kuti maphunziro awotcherera m'makoleji ammudzi ndi oyenera kwambiri.
Wedgwood adapezeka ndi vuto la post-traumatic stress. Akumwa mankhwala ndi kutenga nawo mbali pa chithandizo.
Amayi a Marine Corps, a Helen Wedgewood, anati: "Amayang'ana kwambiri za thanzi labwino. "Iye si msilikali wonyalanyazidwa."
Komabe, anavutika. Pa Julayi 4, Wedgwood adzabweretsa galu wake kumisasa m'nkhalango kuti apewe zowombera moto. Makina osagwira ntchito atamupangitsa kudumphira pansi, anasiya ntchito yomwe ankakonda.
Zaka zisanu pambuyo pa Sanjin, zinthu zikuwoneka kuti zikuyenda bwino. Wedgwood akukonzekera ntchito yatsopano yomwe ingamulole kubwerera ku Afghanistan ngati kontrakitala wachitetezo payekha. Akuwoneka kuti ali pamalo abwino.
Pa Ogasiti 23, 2016, atatha kumwa usiku ndi mnzake wokhala naye, Wedgwood sanawonekere kuntchito. Kenako, munthu wina amene ankagona naye limodzi anapeza m’chipinda chogona atafa. Anadziwombera yekha. Ali ndi zaka 25.
Amakhulupirira kuti mwana wake wamwamuna ndi ena odzipha ndi omwe adakhudzidwa ndi nkhondoyi, monganso omwe adataya miyoyo yawo pakuchitapo kanthu.
Pamene a Taliban adayambanso kulamulira Afghanistan chisanafike chaka chachisanu cha imfa ya mwana wake, adatsitsimutsidwa kuti nkhondo yomwe inapha anthu aku America opitilira 2,400 ndikuvulaza anthu opitilira 20,700 yatha. Koma ndizomvetsa chisoninso kuti zomwe anthu a ku Afghanistan apindula - makamaka amayi ndi ana - zingakhale zakanthawi.
Nthawi yotumiza: Aug-31-2021