UDonald Duncan luhlobo oluqhelekileyo lwendoda, ubuso bakhe buyimigca kwaye buzaliswe yimozulu, ilizwi lakhe elizolileyo ligqalwa sisivakalisi saseMelika. Amehlo akhe acinga nzulu njengoko ebalisa ibali eliqhelekileyo laseMelika, malunga nendlela awayephupha ngayo ukuba ligorha lemfazwe, de inkohlakalo awayibonayo eVietnam yatshabalalisa iinkolelo ezamenza wavuma ukulwa nokufa.
โYonke into endikhule ngayo,โ owayesakuba nguGreen Beret uqala ngokunqumama, ngokungathi akakayikholelwa. "Le ayisiyiyo indlela ophatha ngayo abantu."
Nabani na olwa imfazwe nemikhosi yaseMelika unokufuna ukumamela ngocoselelo ibali elingachazwanga lengxelo entsha kaDavid Zeiger, โMhlekazi! Hayi Mhlekazi!,โ malunga nendlela awona majoni azinikeleyo abe ngawona baxhasi bonzakalisayo bombutho wokuphelisa imfazwe eVietnam. I-documentary, ephonononga iqhekeza elincinci lepuzzle entsonkothileyo eyayiyiVietnam, ikukhuphiswano ngexesha loMnyhadala weFilimu waseLos Angeles, kunye nokuboniswa ngoMgqibelo nangeCawa.
Amathandabuzo amadoda anjengoDuncan aya kuthi ekugqibeleni aguquke abe yimvukelo ecacileyo, kunye nemikhosi yaseMelika esebenzayo esala umsebenzi waseVietnam, ixhokonxa izixholoxholo, ukujoyina uqhanqalazo kunye nokuya kwi-AWOL. EVietnam, lo mboniso bhanya-bhanya unxulumanisa le nkcaso kumakhulu-khulu odubulo lwamabala edabi olwenziwa yimikhosi yaseMelika yabaphathi bawo kumkhwa odume kakubi owaziwa ngokuba โkukuqhekeza.โ
โAkukho nto unokuyenza efuna ukuba uphendule umbuzo โ 'Ngaba oku kulungile okanye kuphosakele?' - kunemfazwe, "utshilo uZeiger, oneminyaka engama-55, owashiya i-UC Santa Cruz ngo-1970 ukuze asebenze kunye nee-anti-war GIs ezimiswe e-Ft. Hood, eTexas. "IVietnam yayiyimfazwe yokuqala kwimbali yeli lizwe apho amajoni ngokwawo engazange axoxe kuphela ngalo mbuzo, kodwa amanani amakhulu amajoni agqiba ukuba imfazwe yayingalunganga, kwaye idlale indima enkulu ekugqibeleni."
Ukuchaswa kwemfazwe emkhosini kwaqalisa ukubonakala esidlangalaleni ngowe-1965. Igosa lomkhosi okhethekileyo elafunda eWest Point lala ukuya kulwa eVietnam. Ii-GI ezimbini ezikhululwe njengoko amabanjwa emfazwe e-Viet Cong abhengeze ukuba "aza kuwuyeka uMkhosi kwaye akhuphe i-United States eVietnam." Isohlwayo sasihlala sikhawuleza kwaye siqatha-umphathi womkhosi owayematsha kuqhanqalazo lokulwa nemfazwe e-El Paso wagwetywa iminyaka emihlanu yokusebenza nzima ngokukhutshwa ngokungenambeko.
Le ngxelo ibonisa indlela inkcaso emkhosini eyakhula ngayo njengoko imfazwe yayisenza nzulu ungquzulwano lwentlalo nobuhlanga kwizindlu zamajoni kunye noluntu lwaseMelika ngokubanzi. Imikhosi emininzi yayiphazamisekile kukusetyenziswa kwemikhosi yaseMelika ukunqanda udushe lwasekhaya kunye noqhanqalazo. Imikhosi emininzi engazimiselanga yanyanzelwa emfazweni ngoyilo, ngelixa oonyana abaninzi abanethamsanqa bafumana indlela yokungena kuMkhosi weSizwe. Imikhosi emnyama yaphazanyiswa ziiflegi ze-Confederate kwiindawo zokuhlala kunye nobuhlanga obuqhelekileyo obusetyenziselwa ukubhekisela kwiVietnam. UTerry Whitmore, i-African American Marine evela eMemphis, eTenn., Oye wadliwano-ndlebe naye kwifilimu, usenayo inkangeleko egudileyo yosuku awanikwa ngalo iPurple Heart nguMongameli uLyndon B. Johnson ngo-1967. Kodwa unomdala omdala. amehlo omntu njengoko echaza amathandabuzo awayekhula engqondweni yakhe njengoko wayelele kumandlalo wesibhedlele saseJapan ngoAprili 1968, enemipu izihlandlo ezininzi namanxeba awayenawo xa wayesilwa โkwindawo eyayingenamkhosiโ phakathi koMntla noMzantsi Vietnam.
โXa ungqengqe ngomqolo yaye ungakwazi ukushukuma, imihla ngemihla, ubunexesha elininzi lokucinga ngezinto ozenzileyo, abantu obabuleleyo nabantu abafayo,โ UWhitmore ukhumbula kwi-documentary.
Ngomhla wesine kuEpreli, umabonakude kwigumbi lakhe esibhedlele wasasaza iindaba zokubulawa kwenkokeli yamalungelo oluntu eyaphumelela iBhaso likaNobel uMfundisi uMartin Luther King Omnci eMemphis. Kwaqhambuka izidubedube kunye nezidubedube kulo lonke elaseMelika.
"Ndibone iitanki ezininzi kwizitrato zaseMemphis kunokuba ndibone eVietnam," utshilo uWhitmore. โNgequbuliso kwafika amadoda awayenxibe iyunifomu endandiyinxibile enezinja namatanki kwindawo endandihlala kuyo, apho ndandinomntwana oyintombazana endingazange ndambona. Ukubona izinja namajoni eleqa abantu abantsundu behla benyuka kwizitrato zaseMemphis, ndaqonda ukuba kukho undonakele. Ngequbuliso, akuzange kubekho nto isengqiqweni.โ
Esikhundleni sokubuyela kwisiseko sakhe, apho wayecwangciselwe ukufumana enye indondo kunye nohambo olutsha eVietnam, waya kwi-AWOL waza waya eSweden. Apho, waziva engonwabanga xa wayebuliswa njengomfanekiso weminye imikhosi yaseMelika eyayingabavukeli bemfazwe.
โNdandiselithanda ilizwe,โ utshilo uWhitmore. "Enyanisweni, ndisenjalo." Eminye imikhosi enjengaye yahlala emkhosini, kodwa yatsalela kwiikhefi ezikufutshane neziseko apho uJane Fonda noDonald Sutherland benza ezinye iindlela ezichasene nemfazwe kwi-Bing Crosby-serenading-the-troops revue. Amanani amajoni kuqhanqalazo oluchasene nemfazwe kufutshane neziseko zawo akhula ngokutyhilwa kwembubhiso yaseMy Lai yabemi baseVietnam ngamajoni ase-US, kunye neendaba zokudutyulwa kwabafundi ngaBalindi beSizwe kwiYunivesithi yaseKent State.
Uluntu lwaseMelika lusahlulelene ngokunzulu ngenxa yokhetho olwenziwe ngaba baseMelika. Kunyulo lukamongameli lwango-2004, njengoko amajoni aseMelika ayesilwa e-Iraq, umgqatswa weDemokhrasi uJohn F. Kerry, igqala lokulwa laseVietnam elihonjisiweyo, wonwatyiswa ngenxa yokulwa kwakhe imfazwe. UMongameli Bush, ongazange aye eVietnam, waphonononga umsebenzi wakhe kuMkhosi weSizwe, kwaye waphinda wanyulwa.
Kwi โMhlekazi! Hayi Mhlekazi!,โ amadoda omkhosi kwisizukulwana sawo atyhila indlela enzima yesigqibo sabo sokuchasa imfazwe-kwaye kutheni uninzi lwabo lusazijonga njengabathanda ilizwe. โBaye emkhosini bekholelwa ukuba benza into elungileyo,โ utshilo umlawuli uZeiger. โBabeyi-gung-ho. Kukho ixabiso eliphezulu lokuhlawula ngokwenza le nto yenziwe ngaba bantu. Yabutshintsha ubomi bomntu wonke. Oku kukunyanzela ukuba uvumelane nesazela sakho.โ
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