Four years before I was brought to
Originally named the Fort Dix Thirty-Eight, soldiers who were charged with rioting faced courts-martial, resulting in the sentencing of some men to three years in military prison. About the same time official representatives of the
E debere ndị niile ejidere si n'ụgbọala m mere n'ọtụtụ ụlọ mkpọrọ na-acha ọcha nke nwere okpukpu abụọ nwere ọnụ ụlọ n'ọgbọ agha Ụwa nke Abụọ. Ebe a na-adọba ụgbọala dị nnọọ n'ofe ogige ndị a, ugbu a, ụlọ a na-akpụ akpụ nke e ji waya gbachie gburugburu, na-edochi ụlọ ndị e ji kụkụkụkụ ebe ndị mkpọrọ nọ mgbe ọgba aghara 1969 mere.
Mgbe m rutere na Dix, amaara m banyere ọnọdụ ndị a na-ere n'ahịa na ọgba aghara na ụlọikpe ndị agha nke mere. Enwere m ụjọ maka atụmanya nke itinye n'ụlọ nkwakọba ihe a. E kwusawo ọnọdụ ndị butere ọgba aghara ahụ na ule ndị si na ya pụta n'akwụkwọ ndị na-emegide agha. Similar to the present, however, trying to determine the truth about military issues was difficult to find in the mainstream press. Much information had either been self-censored by writers who dealt with the war, censored by editors, or reported through the filter of what the government wanted known. There was no such thing as “imbedded journalists” during
Enwere m chioma. Enwere m ike ịnweta ọkàiwu nke rụrụ ụka n'ihu ọchịagha ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ka ọ ghara ime m n'ọgbọ agha. Arịrịọla m akwụkwọ ka m gbaa akwụkwọ maka ịrụsi ọrụ ike ma nwee amamihe maka ịghara ịgwa ndị agha brass okwu n'enweghị onye ọka iwu m. Otú ọ dị, a kpọgara ọtụtụ ndị na-enwechaghị ihe ndabara n'ụlọ mkpọrọ ozugbo.
N’afọ 1977, etinyere m akwụkwọ n’usoro ihe omume mgbaghara nke Carter, e mekwara ka mwepụ m maliteghachi n’afọ 1973. Agbalịrị m iji mmemme ebere Ford nke 1974, ụkpụrụ nduzi ya na-ata ndị na-emegide ndị agha ntaramahụhụ, na-akwado ndị na-emegide ndị agha n'ụzọ doro anya. Ndị na-emegide ndị agha, n'okpuru mmemme Ford, bụ ndị e nyere mwepu "ọjọọ" nke nwere ike imesị kwalite ka ọ bụrụ ntọhapụ nke ebere, nkwụsị nke na-enyeghị uru ọ bụla. Ọ bụ ezie na a na-ahụ mmemme Carter dị ka "na-emesapụ aka" na ọgwụgwọ ya nke ndị na-emegide ndị agha, naanị ihe dị ka 16,000 nwetara uru na mgbaghara a n'ime ihe dị ka 430,000. Ole na ole ndị agha agha nwetara nchụpụ “n'okpuru ọnọdụ nsọpụrụ,” na ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ndị niile nwetara nchụpụ ewelitere ka amachibidoro ịnata uru ọ bụla. A na-ahụ nke ikpeazụ a dị ka onye na-akwụ ụgwọ ma na-egosipụta njakịrị mba na gọọmentị maka ndị megidere agha site n'ime ndị agha. N'ụzọ nkà na ụzụ, onye agha natara ihe a na-akpọ "ọjọọ", ma na-emegideghị agha ahụ, nwere ike ịnweta uru ndị agha agha, ma iwu gbochiri ndị megidere agha ahụ n'ime ndị agha ka ha ghara inweta uru ọ bụla. Ọtụtụ ndị agha guzogidere Agha Vietnam nwere nnukwu mkpa uru.
Mgbe a na-akọ akụkọ mmekpa ahụ na Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, opened in 2002 to house over 700 prisoners from the war in
In 2004, when reports of torture and abuse by the military at Abu Ghraib prison in
The
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