Gretchen Catherwood tuav tus chij ntawm lub hleb ntawm nws tus tub Marine Lance Cpl. Alec Katherwood hnub Wednesday, Lub Yim Hli 18, 2021 hauv Springville, Tennessee. Xyoo 2010, 19-xyoo-laus Alec raug tua thaum tua cov Taliban hauv Afghanistan. Thaum nws tseem ciaj sia, nws nyiam kov nws lub ntsej muag. Nws muaj cov tawv nqaij zoo li tus menyuam mos, thiab thaum nws muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm nws sab plhu, tus Marine loj loj no zoo li nws tus me nyuam tub. (AP Duab / Karen Pulfer Focht)
Springville, Tennessee - Thaum nws hnov lub qhov rooj kaw lub tsheb, nws tab tom folding lub tsho liab thiab taug kev mus rau lub qhov rais, paub tias lub sijhawm nws ib txwm xav tias yuav tua nws tab tom yuav los ua qhov tseeb: peb tus tub rog tub rog thiab tub rog tub ceev xwm yog taug kev ntawm nws lub qhov rooj, uas txhais tau tias tsuas yog ib qho xwb.
Nws muab nws txhais tes rau ntawm lub hnub qub xiav ntawm ib sab ntawm lub qhov rooj, uas yog lub cim ntawm kev tiv thaiv nws tus tub Malin Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood (Alec Catherwood) uas tau tawm mus rau kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv Afghanistan peb lub lis piam dhau los.
Ces, raws li nws nco qab, nws poob nws lub siab. Nws khiav qus nyob ib ncig ntawm lub tsev. Nws qhib qhov rooj thiab hais rau tus txiv neej tias lawv tuaj tsis tau, nws nqa ib lub pob paj thiab muab pov rau lawv. Nws qw nrov nrov tias nws hais tsis tau ntev rau hnub tom qab.
Gretchen Catherwood hais tias, "Kuv tsuas yog xav kom lawv hais tsis muaj dab tsi," vim yog lawv ua, nws yog qhov tseeb. Thiab, ntawm chav kawm, nws yog qhov tseeb. "
Saib cov xov xwm rau ob lub lis piam no, kuv xav tias hnub no tau tshwm sim kaum feeb dhau los. Thaum Asmeskas cov tub rog thim rov qab los ntawm Afghanistan, txhua yam lawv tau ua haujlwm hnyav heev los tsim zoo li tawg hauv ib qho sai. Cov tub rog Afghan tau tso lawv cov riam phom, tus thawj tswj hwm tau khiav tawm, thiab cov Taliban tau tuav. Ntau txhiab tus neeg tau maj nrawm rau hauv tshav dav hlau Kabul, xav khiav tawm, thiab Gretchen Catherwood xav hauv nws txhais tes lub tsho liab liab uas nws tau folding thaum nws paub tias nws tus tub tuag.
Nws lub xov tooj ntawm tes buzzed nrog xov xwm los ntawm nws tsev neeg uas tau sib sau txij li hnub txaus ntshai: tus tub ceev xwm uas tau khiav tawm lub paj lauj kaub; cov niam txiv ntawm lwm tus neeg tuag hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua lossis tua tus kheej; Nws tus tub yog nyob rau hauv lub npe nrov thawj 5 Cov comrades nyob rau hauv lub 3rd Battalion ntawm lub Marine Corps, nicknamed "Black Horse Camp", muaj cov neeg raug mob ntau tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv Afghanistan. Ntau tus ntawm lawv hu nws "niam".
Sab nraum lub voj voog no, nws pom ib tus neeg thov hauv Facebook tias "qhov no yog kev pov tseg ntawm lub neej thiab muaj peev xwm." Cov phooj ywg hais rau nws tias lawv xav tias txaus ntshai heev uas nws tus tub tuag tsis muaj dab tsi. Thaum nws sib pauv ntaub ntawv nrog lwm tus neeg uas them tus nqi ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog, nws txhawj xeeb tias qhov kawg ntawm kev tsov rog yuav yuam kom lawv nug txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm qhov lawv pom thiab raug kev txom nyem.
"Kuv xav kom koj paub peb yam," nws hais rau qee tus neeg. “Koj tsis tau tawm tsam kom nkim koj lub zog. Alec tsis poob nws lub neej nyob rau hauv vain. Txawm li cas los xij, kuv yuav tos koj ntawm no mus txog hnub kuv tuag. Cov no yog txhua yam kuv xav kom koj nco qab. "
Hauv hav zoov tom qab nws lub tsev, lub tsev nees tsaus ntuj tab tom tsim kho. Nws thiab nws tus txiv tab tom tsim kev tawm tsam rau cov qub tub rog, qhov chaw uas lawv tuaj yeem sib sau ua ke los daws qhov kev ua tsov rog txaus ntshai. Muaj 25 chav, thiab txhua chav muaj npe raws li ib tug txiv neej tua nyob rau hauv nws tus tub lub yeej. Nws hais tias cov uas rov qab los tsev tau dhau los ua lawv tus tub surrogate. Nws paub tias ntau tshaj li rau tus neeg tau tuag los ntawm kev tua tus kheej.
"Kuv txhawj xeeb txog kev puas siab puas ntsws qhov no yuav muaj rau lawv. Lawv muaj zog heev, siab tawv, siab tawv heev. Tab sis lawv kuj muaj lub siab loj heev. Thiab kuv xav tias lawv tuaj yeem cuam tshuam ntau thiab thuam lawv tus kheej, "nws hais. "Kuv tus Vajtswv, kuv vam tias lawv tsis txhob cem lawv tus kheej."
Daim duab no xyoo 2010 muab los ntawm Chelsea Lee qhia Marine Lance Cpl. Alec Catherwood (Alec Catherwood) Hmo ntawd, 3rd Battalion of the 5th Marines deployed from Camp Pendleton, California. George Barba nco qab Caterwood thawj lub dav hlau nyoob hoom qav taub thaum lub sij hawm kev cob qhia thiab yuav ua li cas nws "ntxhi ze ntawm nws pob ntseg thiab wiggled nws txhais taw zoo li tus me nyuam zaum saum lub rooj zaum siab". (Chelsea Lee ntawm Associated Press)
Lub 3rd Battalion ntawm 5th Marine Corps tau xa tawm los ntawm Camp Pendleton, California thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg xyoo 2010, xa 1,000 US Marines mus rau Afghanistan, uas yuav yog ib qho kev taug kev ntshav siab tshaj plaws rau cov tub rog Asmeskas.
Cov Tub Rog Dub Nees tau tawm tsam nrog cov tub rog Taliban hauv nroog Sangin ntawm Helmand Xeev tau rau lub hlis. Hauv Asmeskas kev ua tsov rog tau ze li kaum xyoo, Sangjin yuav luag tag nrho hauv kev tswj hwm ntawm cov Taliban. Cov teb poppy lush siv rau kev siv yeeb tshuaj muab cov tub rog muaj nyiaj tau los uas lawv tau txiav txim siab tuav.
Thaum cov Marines tuaj txog, tus chij dawb Taliban ya los ntawm feem ntau ntawm lub tsev. Cov neeg hais lus tau teeb tsa rau kev tshaj tawm kev thov Vajtswv tau siv los thuam cov tub rog Asmeskas. Lub tsev kawm ntawv tau kaw lawm.
"Thaum tus noog tsaws, peb tau raug ntaus," tus qub tub rog nco qab. George Barba ntawm Menifee, California. "Peb tau khiav, peb mus rau hauv, Kuv nco qab peb tus tub rog phom loj hais rau peb: 'Zoo siab txais tos rau Sankin. Koj nyuam qhuav tau txais koj qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua ribbon.'
Tus sniper lurked hauv hav zoov. Tus tub rog nrog rab phom zais tom qab cov av nkos. Cov foob pob hauv tsev tau hloov txoj kev thiab cov kwj dej mus rau hauv cov cuab yeej tuag.
Sankin yog Alec Catherwood thawj qhov kev xa tawm. Nws tau koom nrog Marine Corps thaum nws tseem nyob hauv tsev kawm ntawv theem siab, mus rau ib qho chaw khau raj sai tom qab kawm tiav, thiab tom qab ntawd raug xa mus rau 13 tus txiv neej pab pawg coj los ntawm ib tug qub tub rog. Sean Johnson.
Katherwood txoj kev tshaj lij tau ua rau muaj kev xav tob rau Johnson-kev noj qab haus huv, lub hlwb muaj zog, thiab ib txwm ua raws sijhawm.
Johnson tau hais tias "Nws tsuas yog 19 xyoo xwb, yog li qhov no yog qhov tshwj xeeb," Johnson hais. "Qee tus neeg tseem tsuas yog xav paub yuav ua li cas khi lawv cov khau kom tsis txhob raug cem."
Katherwood kuj ua rau lawv luag. Nws nqa ib qho khoom ua si plush me me nrog nws ua ib qho khoom plig rau kev tso dag.
Barba nco qab Catherwood thawj lub caij nyoob hoom qav taub thaum lub sij hawm kev cob qhia thiab yuav ua li cas nws "ntxhi nyob ze ntawm nws pob ntseg thiab wiggled nws ob txhais taw zoo li tus me nyuam zaum saum lub rooj zaum siab".
Yav tas los Cpl. William Sutton ntawm Yorkville, Illinois, tau cog lus tias Casewood yuav tso dag txawm tias hauv kev sib pauv hluav taws.
"Alec, nws yog lub teeb pom kev tsaus ntuj," said Sutton, uas tau raug tua ntau zaus hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv Afghanistan. "Tom qab ntawd lawv tau txais nws ntawm peb."
Thaum Lub Kaum Hli 14, 2010, tom qab sawv ntsug sab nraum lub chaw saib xyuas thaum tsaus ntuj, Catherwood pab pawg tau tawm mus pab lwm tus Marines raug tua. Lawv cov mos txwv tau tag lawm.
Lawv hla cov teb qhib, siv cov kwj dej ua ke los npog. Tom qab xa ib nrab ntawm pab neeg kom nyab xeeb mus rau pem hauv ntej, Johnson khob Katherwood ntawm lub kaus mom hlau thiab hais tias, "Cia peb mus."
Nws tau hais tias tom qab tsuas yog peb kauj ruam xwb, rab phom tua cov neeg tua neeg Taliban tau hnov qab lawv. Johnson txo nws lub taub hau thiab pom lub qhov taub ntawm nws lub ris. Nws raug tua ntawm txhais ceg. Tom qab ntawd muaj qhov tawg nrov nrov - ib tug ntawm Marines tau nqis los ntawm lub foob pob zais. Johnson mam li nco dheev faus thiab sawv hauv dej.
Tom qab ntawd muaj lwm qhov tawg. Saib rau sab laug, Johnson pom Catherwood ntab ntsej muag. Nws hais tias nws pom tseeb tias tus tub ntxhais hluas Marine tuag lawm.
Qhov tawg thaum lub sij hawm ambush tua lwm Marine, Lance Cpl. Joseph Lopez ntawm Rosamond, California, thiab lwm tus neeg raug mob hnyav.
Tom qab rov qab mus rau Tebchaws Meskas, Sergeant Steve Bancroft tau pib tsav tsheb ob-teev mus rau nws niam nws txiv lub tsev hauv Casewood, sab qaum teb Illinois. Ua ntej dhau los ua tus tub ceev xwm pab neeg raug mob, nws tau ua haujlwm hauv Iraq tau xya lub hlis thiab nws yog lub luag haujlwm ceeb toom rau nws tsev neeg ntawm kev tuag ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua.
Bancroft, tam sim no so haujlwm, hais tias: "Kuv yeej tsis xav kom qhov no tshwm sim rau leej twg, thiab kuv tsis tuaj yeem qhia nws: Kuv tsis xav saib kuv niam thiab txiv lub ntsej muag thiab qhia lawv tias lawv tib tus tub ploj mus."
Thaum nws yuav tsum tau coj nws tsev neeg mus rau Dover, Delaware, saib lub hleb yob tawm ntawm lub dav hlau, nws tau stoic. Tab sis thaum nws nyob ib leeg, nws quaj. Thaum nws xav txog lub sijhawm nws tuaj txog ntawm Gretchen thiab Kirk Catherwood lub tsev, nws tseem quaj.
Lawv luag ntawm lub paj tawg tam sim no. Nws tseem niaj hnub tham nrog lawv thiab lwm tus niam txiv uas nws tau ceeb toom. Txawm hais tias nws tsis tau ntsib Alec, nws xav tias nws paub nws.
“Lawv tus tub yog ib tug hero. Nws nyuaj los piav, tab sis nws tau txi ib yam dab tsi uas ntau dua 99% ntawm cov neeg hauv ntiaj teb tsis xav ua, "nws hais.
“Nws puas tsim nyog? Peb tau poob coob leej ntau tus. Nws nyuaj rau xav txog tias peb tau poob ntau npaum li cas. " Nws hais tias.
Gretchen Catherwood tau txais nws tus tub Purple Heart hauv Springville, Tennessee hnub Wednesday, Lub Yim Hli 18, 2021. 19-xyoo-laus Alec Katherwood raug tua hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog cov Taliban hauv Afghanistan xyoo 2010. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)
Gretchen Catherwood dai tus ntoo khaub lig hnav los ntawm nws tus tub ntawm nws lub txaj txaj, nrog nws tus dev lossis dai ntawm nws.
Ib tug iav hlaws dai ntawm ib sab, tshuab cov tshauv ntawm lwm tus tub rog tub rog tub rog: Cpl. Paul Wedgwood, nws mus tsev.
Black Horse Camp rov qab mus rau California thaum lub Plaub Hlis 2011. Tom qab lub hlis ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua hnyav, lawv pib txeeb Sanjin los ntawm cov Taliban. Cov thawj coj hauv nroog tuaj yeem ua haujlwm nyab xeeb. Cov menyuam yaus, suav nrog cov ntxhais, rov qab mus kawm ntawv.
Nws them tus nqi hnyav. Ntxiv rau 25 tus neeg uas tau poob lawv txoj sia, ntau dua 200 tus neeg tau mus tsev nrog kev raug mob, ntau tus neeg tuag ceg, thiab lwm tus muaj cov caws pliav nyuaj dua rau pom.
Wedgwood tsis tuaj yeem pw tsaug zog thaum nws ua tiav plaub xyoos ntawm kev sau npe thiab tawm hauv Marines hauv 2013. Qhov nws tsaug zog tsawg, nws haus ntau dua.
Lub tattoo ntawm nws sab caj npab pom ib daim ntawv teev npe nrog plaub tus tub rog Marines raug tua hauv Sankin. Wedgwood tau txiav txim siab rov sau npe, tab sis hais rau nws niam: "Yog tias kuv nyob, kuv xav tias kuv yuav tuag."
Hloov chaw, Wedgwood tau mus kawm ntawv qib siab hauv nws lub nroog Colorado, tab sis sai sai poob kev txaus siab. Qhov tseeb tau ua pov thawj tias cov kev kawm vuam ntawm cov tsev kawm qib siab hauv zej zog yog qhov tsim nyog dua.
Wedgwood tau kuaj pom tias muaj kev nyuaj siab tom qab kev nyuaj siab. Nws tab tom noj tshuaj thiab koom nrog kev kho mob.
Helen Wedgewood, leej niam ntawm Marine Corps hais tias "Nws mob siab rau kev noj qab haus huv." "Nws tsis yog ib tug qub tub rog tsis saib xyuas."
Txawm li cas los xij, nws tau tawm tsam. Lub Xya Hli 4, Wedgwood yuav coj nws tus dev mus pw hav zoov kom tsis txhob muaj foob pob hluav taws. Tom qab lub tshuab ua haujlwm tsis zoo ua rau nws dhia mus rau hauv pem teb, nws tawm haujlwm uas nws nyiam.
Tsib xyoos tom qab Sanjin, txhua yam zoo li tau zoo. Wedgwood tab tom npaj txoj haujlwm tshiab uas yuav tso cai rau nws rov qab mus rau Afghanistan raws li tus neeg cog lus ruaj ntseg ntiag tug. Nws zoo nkaus li nyob hauv qhov chaw zoo.
Lub Yim Hli 23, 2016, tom qab ib hmos haus nrog nws tus phooj ywg hauv chav, Wedgwood tsis tshwm sim tom haujlwm. Tom qab ntawd, ib tug roommate pom nws tuag hauv chav pw. Nws tua nws tus kheej. Nws muaj 25 xyoo.
Nws ntseeg tias nws tus tub thiab lwm tus neeg tua tus kheej yog cov neeg raug tsim txom ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog, ib yam li cov neeg uas poob lawv txoj sia nyob rau hauv qhov kev txiav txim.
Thaum cov Taliban rov qab tswj hwm Afghanistan ua ntej hnub thib tsib ntawm nws tus tub tuag, nws tau zoo siab tias kev tsov rog uas tau tua ntau dua 2,400 tus neeg Asmeskas thiab raug mob ntau dua 20,700 tus neeg thaum kawg. Tab sis nws kuj tseem tu siab tias kev ua tiav ntawm cov neeg Afghan - tshwj xeeb tshaj yog poj niam thiab menyuam yaus - yuav yog ib ntus.
Post lub sij hawm: Aug-31-2021