Agalu Ankhondo: Nkhani ya Mkuntho ndi Ron Aiello

Namondwe anaima. Iye anazindikira kuti chinachake chiri kutsogolo. Ngozi. Womugwira, Ron Aiello, sanaone kalikonse, koma anaphunzira kudalira nzeru za agalu ankhondo, makamaka Stormy. Anagwada pafupi ndi bondo lake n’kumasuzumira pamene galuyo ankayang’ana.

Inali nthawi yake basi.

Chipolopolo cha wowomberayo chinamuyimbira mluzu pamutu pake.

Aiello ananena kuti: “Pakanakhala kuti palibe Stormy, ndikanangopita poyera ndipo wowomberayo akananditsitsa popanda vuto lililonse. "Anapulumutsa moyo wanga tsiku limenelo." Ndipo m’pamene Stormi analowa m’gulu la agalu ankhondo.

Marine Ron Aiello adatumikira ndi Stormy mu 1966-1967 m'gulu limodzi mwamagulu makumi atatu oyambirira a Marine Reconnaissance omwe adafika ku Vietnam. Amatha kunena nkhani zambiri za momwe Stormy adamupulumutsira iye ndi ogwira nawo ntchito. Zina mwa izo ndi zochititsa chidwi ngati nkhani ya munthu wowombera mfuti, pamene zina zimanena za momwe agalu ankhondo adathandizira asilikali m'njira zina zofunika.

“Ndikukumbukira kuti Marine wina anam’funsa ngati angam’gonere, kenako anakhala pafupi naye, nam’kumbatira ndi kumulola kunyambita nkhope yake, ndipo anakhala choncho kwa mphindi khumi. Atadzuka anali wodekha ndi wokonzeka. Ndaziwonapo zikuchita zimenezi kwa anthu mobwerezabwereza,” akutero Ron. "Anali galu weniweni wochiritsa tonsefe. Ndimakhulupiriradi kuti ndikanakhalako popanda Stormi, ndikanakhala munthu wosiyana lero. Tinali mabwenzi enieni.”

Aiello anauzidwa kuti inali nthawi yoti asiyane ndi Stormi, patangotsala tsiku limodzi kuti amalize ulendo wake wa miyezi 13. Anapita kunyumba ndipo adakhala ku Vietnam. Wotsogolera watsopanoyo anali kukonzekera kutenga malo ake pambali pake.

Usiku umenewo, Ron anagona ndi Stormy m’nyumba yake. M'mawa mwake adamudyetsa, kumusisita ndikuchoka kosatha.

Iye anati: “Sindinamuonenso.

Mtima wake unasweka chifukwa chosiyana ndi bwenzi lokhulupirika la miyendo inayi.

Kuthandiza agalu ankhondo monga msonkho kwa bwenzi lakale

Tsopano, zaka makumi asanu pambuyo pake, Aiello amapereka msonkho kwa bwenzi lake lankhondo poonetsetsa kuti agalu ankhondo akuthandizidwa ndi kusamalidwa kwa moyo wawo wonse. Ron ndi purezidenti wa bungwe lopanda phindu lotchedwa United States War Dog Relief Association, lomwe adayambitsa limodzi ndi omenyera nkhondo ena aku Vietnam kuti alemekeze ngwazi zankhondo zam'mbuyomu ndikusamalira ngwazi zanthawi yathu ino.

Pamene gululi linayamba kugwira ntchito limodzi mu 1999, cholinga chawo chinali kungopeza ndalama za chikumbutso cha agalu a dziko. Hill's Pet Nutrition inathandizira mwambowu popereka ma t-shirt, ma jekete, ndi mabandeji omwe gululi linagulitsa kuti lipeze ndalama.

Aiello anati: “Hill yatithandiza kwambiri. "Tinapeza ndalama zambiri ndi thandizo lawo."

Koma kenako 11/XNUMX zidachitika.

"Zowonadi, ntchito yokumbukira nkhondoyi idaimitsidwa, ndipo m'malo mwake tidayamba kutumiza zida zothandizira anthu kwa agalu ndi omwe adawagwira nawo ntchito zopulumutsa," akutero Aiello. A Hill nawonso sanayime pambali apa, nthawi ino akupereka zakudya zagalu zomwe zidaphatikizidwa m'maphukusi. Ron Aiello sakudziwa ndendende kuti ndi mapaketi angati othandizira anthu omwe gululi latumiza kwazaka zambiri.

"Ndinangosiya kuwerengera pa zikwi makumi awiri ndi zisanu," akutero.

Malinga ndi kunena kwa Ron, pamene mkhalidwe wankhondo ku Middle East unaipiraipira, moteronso kufunika kwa agalu ankhondo kunakula. Chifukwa chake bungwe la Military Dog Aid Association lakhazikitsa pulogalamu yowonongera zachipatala kwa agalu ankhondo, kulipira chilichonse kuchokera ku PTSD kupita ku chemotherapy.

Malinga ndi Ron Aiello, pakali pano pali agalu 351 omwe anali ankhondo omwe adalembetsa nawo pulogalamu yachipatala.

Bungwe lopanda phindu limapatsanso agalu ankhondo mphotho zabwino monga mendulo zamkuwa ndi zikwangwani ndikuthandizira owongolera kulipirira mtengo wotengera ziweto zawo zankhondo.

Mgwirizanowu wakwaniritsanso cholinga chake choyambirira: Chikumbutso cha Agalu a US War Dogs chinatsegulidwa mu 2006 pazipata za Vietnam Veterans Memorial ku Holmdel, New Jersey. Ndi chiboliboli chamkuwa chosonyeza msilikali wogwada ndi galu wake - monga tsiku lomwe Stormy anapulumutsa Aiello ku chipolopolo cha sniper.

Tsogolo la Stormy silidziwika

Ron Aiello adatha kupeza owongolera atatu omwe adagwira ntchito ndi Stormy ku Vietnam pambuyo pake.

“Onse anandiuza kuti akadali komweko, akuperekeza magulu olondera, kufunafuna zida zophulika komanso kugwira ntchito yake bwino monga nthawi zonse,” akutero.

Koma pambuyo pa 1970, nkhaniyo inasiya kubwera. Atamaliza ntchito yake ya usilikali, Aiello analembera kalata asilikali a m’madzi a ku United States kupempha kuti Stormy aleredwe ngati mwana. Sindinalandirebe yankho. Mpaka pano, sakudziwa kuti n’chiyani chinamuchitikira. Ikadaphedwa ikuchitapo kanthu kapena, monga agalu ambiri omwe adatumikira ku Vietnam, ikanatha kumenyedwa, kusiyidwa, kapena kuperekedwa kwa a Vietnamese atachoka ku America.

Aiello ndi wokondwa kuti zomwezi sizidzagwera galu wina wankhondo.

Bili ya 2000 yosainidwa ndi Purezidenti Bill Clinton ikupereka kuti agalu onse ovomerezeka ankhondo ndi agalu azipezeka kuti akhazikitsidwe ndi banja akamaliza ntchito. Chifukwa agalu ankhondo ndi ophunzitsidwa bwino, okhulupilika kwambiri, ndipo amatha kukhala ndi zovuta zapadera zachipatala, agalu onse opuma pantchito omwe angapezeke kuti atengedwe amatumizidwa ku Dipatimenti Yoyang'anira Usilikali ndi Utumiki wa Dog Adoption Program. Agalu oposa 300 amapeza nyumba yawo kudzera mu pulogalamuyi chaka chilichonse.

Bili ina, yomwe idasainidwa kukhala lamulo ndi Purezidenti Barack Obama mu 2015, ikutsimikizira kubwerera kwabwino ku US kwa agalu onse omwe adapuma pantchito omwe adatumikira kutsidya lanyanja. M’mbuyomu, osamalira ziweto ankafunika kupeza okha ndalama kuti atumize ziweto kwawo. Mabungwe monga US War Dog Relief Association amathandizira kulipira ndalamazi.

Ron Aiello sadzaiwala Stormy ndi ntchito yofunika yomwe adachita pa moyo wake komanso m'miyoyo ya asilikali ena omwe adatumikira naye ku Vietnam. Akuyembekeza kuti ntchito yake ndi US War Dog Relief Association imalemekeza kukumbukira kwake komanso miyoyo ya asitikali omwe adawapulumutsa, kuphatikiza ake.

Iye anati: “Mosasamala kanthu za kumene ndinali kapena zimene ndinali kuchita ku Vietnam, ndinkadziŵa kuti ndili ndi munthu woti ndilankhule naye ndiponso kuti anali kunditeteza. "Ndipo ndinalipo kuti ndimuteteze. Tinali ndi ubwenzi weniweni. Anali bwenzi lapamtima limene mwamuna amangomulota.”