Donald Duncan ndi munthu wodziwika bwino, nkhope yake yopindika komanso yopindika, mawu ake achipongwe opangidwa ndi katchulidwe ka ku America. Maso ake ali oganiza bwino pamene akufotokoza nkhani yodziwika bwino ya ku America, ya momwe ankalota za kukhala ngwazi yankhondo, mpaka nkhanza zomwe adaziwona ku Vietnam zinawononga zikhulupiriro zomwe zinamupangitsa kukhala wokonzeka kumenya nkhondo ndi kufa.
"Chilichonse chomwe ndinakulira nacho," yemwe kale anali Green Beret akuyamba pang'onopang'ono, ngati kuti sakukhulupirirabe. "Iyi si momwe mumachitira ndi anthu."
Aliyense amene akuchita nkhondo ndi asitikali aku America angafune kumvetsera mosamalitsa nkhani yosaneneka ya zolemba zatsopano za David Zeiger, โBwana! Ayi Bwana!,โ momwe ena mwa asitikali odzipatulira adakhala ena mwa othandizira owononga kwambiri ankhondo yothetsa nkhondo ku Vietnam. Zolemba, zomwe zimayang'ana kachidutswa kakang'ono kazithunzi zovuta zomwe zinali ku Vietnam, zili mumpikisano pa Los Angeles Film Festival, ndikuwonetsa Loweruka ndi Lamlungu.
Kukayika kwa amuna ngati a Duncan potsirizira pake kudzasanduka kupanduka kotheratu, ndi asilikali ankhondo aku America omwe akukana kugwira ntchito ku Vietnam, kuyambitsa zipolowe, kulowa nawo zionetsero ndi kupita ku AWOL. Ku Vietnam, filimuyi imagwirizanitsa kutsutsa kumeneku ndi mazana mazana a asilikali a ku America omwe amawombera m'bwalo lankhondo mchitidwe wodziwika bwino womwe unadziwika kuti "kuphwanya."
"Palibe chomwe mungachite chomwe chimafuna kuti muyankhe funsoli - 'Kodi izi ndi zolondola kapena zolakwika?' - kuposa nkhondo, "anatero Zeiger, 55, yemwe adachoka ku UC Santa Cruz mu 1970 kukagwira ntchito ndi ma GI odana ndi nkhondo omwe ali ku Ft. Hood, Texas. "Vietnam inali nkhondo yoyamba m'mbiri ya dziko lino momwe asilikaliwo sanangotsutsana ndi funsoli, koma asilikali ambiri adatsimikiza kuti nkhondoyo inali yolakwika, ndipo adathandizira kwambiri pomaliza."
Kutsutsa nkhondo pakati pa asilikali kunayamba kuonekera poyera mu 1965. Msilikali wina wa asilikali apadera amene anaphunzira ku West Point anakana kupita kunkhondo ku Vietnam. Ma GI awiri omwe adatulutsidwa pomwe akaidi ankhondo aku Viet Cong adalengeza kuti "asiya usilikali ndikutulutsa United States ku Vietnam." Chilango nthawi zambiri chinali chachangu komanso chowopsa - mkulu wankhondo yemwe adachita zionetsero zotsutsana ndi nkhondo ku El Paso adaweruzidwa kuti akhale zaka zisanu zogwira ntchito movutikira ndikutulutsidwa mopanda ulemu.
Zolembazo zikuwonetsa momwe kutsutsidwa pakati pa asitikali kudakulirakulira pamene nkhondo idakulitsa mikangano yamagulu ndi mitundu m'misasa ndi anthu aku America konse. Asilikali ambiri adakhumudwa chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito asitikali aku America kuti athetse zipolowe komanso ziwonetsero zapanyumba. Asilikali osawerengeka osafuna adakakamizika kulowa nawo kunkhondo ndi usilikali, pamene ana ena odala adalowa mu National Guard. Asilikali akuda adasokonezedwa ndi mbendera za Confederate m'nyumba zankhondo komanso chipwirikiti chamitundu chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito kutanthauza Vietnamese. Terry Whitmore, African American Marine wochokera ku Memphis, Tenn., Amene akufunsidwa mufilimuyi, adakali ndi maonekedwe osalala a tsiku lomwe adapatsidwa Purple Heart ndi Purezidenti Lyndon B. Johnson mu 1967. Koma ali ndi zaka zakale maso a munthu pamene akufotokoza kukayikira komwe kunakula mโmaganizo mwake pamene anali kugona mโchipatala ku Japan mu April 1968, ali ndi mabala a mfuti ndi zipsera zingapo zimene anavulala nawo pankhondo โmโdera lopanda usilikaliโ pakati pa North ndi South Vietnam.
โPamene unagona chagada ndipo sutha kusuntha, tsiku ndi tsiku, unali ndi nthaลตi yochuluka yolingalira za zinthu zimene unachita, anthu amene unapha ndi anthu amene anafa,โ Whitmore akukumbukira muzolemba.
Pa Epulo 4, wailesi yakanema mโchipinda chake chachipatala inaulutsa nkhani za kuphedwa kwa mtsogoleri wopambana Mphoto ya Nobel ya ufulu wachibadwidwe Mโbusa Martin Luther King Jr. ku Memphis. Zipolowe ndi zipolowe zidayamba ku America konse.
"Ndidawona akasinja ambiri m'misewu ya Memphis kuposa momwe ndidawonera ku Vietnam," adatero Whitmore. โMwadzidzidzi, amuna ovala mayunifolomu omwe ndinavala anali ndi agalu ndi akasinja mโdera langa, kumene ndinali ndi mwana wamkazi yemwe ndinali ndisanamuonepo. Nditaona agalu ndi asilikali akuthamangitsa anthu akuda m'misewu ya Memphis, ndinadziwa kuti chinachake chinali cholakwika. Mwadzidzidzi, panalibenso chomveka.โ
M'malo mobwerera kumalo ake, komwe adayenera kulandira mendulo ina ndi ulendo watsopano ku Vietnam, adapita ku AWOL ndikupita ku Sweden. Kumeneko, sanamve bwino pamene adamulonjera ngati chithunzi ndi asilikali ena a ku America omwe adakhala odana ndi nkhondo.
"Ndinkakondabe dziko langa," adatero Whitmore. "M'malo mwake, ndidakali pano." Asilikali ena ngati iye adatsalirabe usilikali, koma adakokera kumalo odyera pafupi ndi malo omwe Jane Fonda ndi Donald Sutherland adakonza njira zotsutsana ndi nkhondo m'malo mwa Bing Crosby-serenading-the-troops revue. Chiwerengero cha asilikali pa zionetsero zotsutsana ndi nkhondo pafupi ndi maziko awo chinakula ndi kuwululidwa kwa kuphedwa kwa My Lai kwa anthu aku Vietnamese ndi asilikali a US, ndi nkhani za kuwombera kwa ophunzira ndi National Guardsmen ku Kent State University.
Anthu aku America akadali ogawanika kwambiri pa zosankha zomwe Achimerekawa adapanga. Mu chisankho cha pulezidenti wa 2004, pamene asilikali a ku America ankamenyana ku Iraq, mtsogoleri wa Democratic John F. Kerry, yemwe anali msilikali wodziwika bwino wa ku Vietnam, adadabwa ndi zomwe adatsatira polimbana ndi nkhondo. Purezidenti Bush, yemwe sanapite ku Vietnam, adayang'anitsitsa ntchito yake mu National Guard, ndipo adasankhidwanso.
Mu "Bwana! Ayi Bwana!, "Amuna ankhondo ochokera m'mibadwo yawo amawulula njira yovuta ya chisankho chawo chotsutsa nkhondo - komanso chifukwa chake ambiri amadzionabe ngati okonda dziko lawo. "Analowa usilikali akukhulupirira kuti akuchita zoyenera," adatero mkulu Zeiger. "Iwo anali gung-ho. Pali mtengo wokwera wolipira pochita zomwe anthuwa adachita. Zinasintha moyo wa aliyense. Zinakukakamizani kuti mugwirizane ndi chikumbumtima chanu.โ
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