ʻO Gretchen Catherwood ka hae ma ka pahu kupapaʻu o kāna keiki ʻo Marine Lance Cpl. ʻO Alec Katherwood ma ka Pōʻakolu, ʻAukake 18, 2021 ma Springville, Tennessee. I ka makahiki 2010, ua pepehi ʻia ʻo Alec he 19 makahiki i ka wā e hakakā ana me ka Taliban ma Afghanistan. I kona wā e ola ana, makemake ʻo ia e hoʻopā i kona maka. He ʻili palupalu kona e like me ke pēpē, a ke kau ʻo ia i kona lima ma kona pāpālina, ua like kēia Marine ikaika me kāna keiki liʻiliʻi. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)
Springville, Tennessee - I kona lohe ʻana i ka paʻa ʻana o ka puka kaʻa, e pelu ana ʻo ia i kahi lole ʻulaʻula a hele aku i ka puka makani, me ka ʻike ʻana ʻo ka manawa āna i manaʻo mau ai e pepehi iā ia e kokoke ana e lilo i mea ʻoiaʻiʻo: ʻekolu mau moku moana a me kahi kahuna moana. e hele ana i kona puka, hoʻokahi wale nō mea.
Ua kau ʻo ia i kona lima ma ka hōkū polū ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka puka mua, he hōʻailona ia o ka pale ʻana i kāna keiki ʻo Malin Lance Cpl. ʻO Alec Catherwood (Alec Catherwood) i haʻalele i ke kahua kaua ma Afghanistan i ʻekolu pule aku nei.
A laila, e like me kāna hoʻomanaʻo ʻana, nalowale kona manaʻo. Holo hihiu ʻo ia a puni ka hale. Wehe ʻo ia i ka puka a haʻi i ke kāne ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke komo i loko. Ua uwa nui ʻo ia i hiki ʻole iā ia ke ʻōlelo lōʻihi i kekahi lā aʻe.
"Makemake wau e ʻōlelo ʻole lākou," wahi a Gretchen Catherwood, "no ka mea inā lākou e hana, he ʻoiaʻiʻo. A, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he ʻoiaʻiʻo.
Ke nānā nei au i ka nūhou no kēia mau pule ʻelua, manaʻo wau ua hiki mai kēia lā he ʻumi mau minuke i hala. I ka haʻalele ʻana o nā pūʻali koa US mai Afghanistan, ʻo nā mea a pau a lākou i hana ikaika ai e kūkulu me he mea lā ua hāʻule i ka manawa koke. Ua waiho ka pūʻali koa Afghan i kā lākou mau mea kaua, ua holo ka pelekikena, a ua lawe ka Taliban. Ua holo wikiwiki aku nā tausani o ka poʻe i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Kabul, me ka makemake e pakele, a ua ʻike ʻo Gretchen Catherwood i kona mau lima i ka lole ʻulaʻula āna i pelu ai i kona ʻike ʻana ua make kāna keiki.
Ua halulu kona kelepona i na lono mai kona ohana mai i akoakoa mai mai kela la weliweli: ka makai i pakele i ka ipu pua; ua make nā mākua o nā kānaka ʻē aʻe i ke kaua a i ʻole pepehi kanaka; ʻO kāna keiki i loko o ka mea kaulana mua 5 ʻO nā hoa o ka 3rd Battalion o ka Marine Corps, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Black Horse Camp", ʻoi aku ka nui o ka make ma Afghanistan. He nui ka poʻe i kapa iā ia he "makuahine".
Ma waho o kēia pōʻai, ʻike ʻo ia i kekahi e ʻōlelo ana ma Facebook "he mea ʻino kēia o ke ola a me ka hiki." Ua haʻi aku nā hoaaloha iā ia i ko lākou manaʻo i ka make makehewa o kāna keiki. I kona hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻike me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i uku i ke kumukūʻai o ke kaua, hopohopo ʻo ia i ka hopena o ke kaua e koi iā lākou e nīnau i ke koʻikoʻi o nā mea a lākou i ʻike ai a pilikia ai.
"Pono au e ʻike ʻoe i ʻekolu mea," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia i kekahi poʻe. “ʻAʻole ʻoe i hakakā e hoʻopau i kou ikaika. ʻAʻole makehewa ʻo Alec i kona ola. Eia naʻe, e kali au iā ʻoe ma ʻaneʻi a hiki i koʻu lā e make ai. ʻO kēia wale nō kaʻu e pono ai ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo.
Ma ka ululāʻau ma hope o kona hale, ke kūkulu ʻia nei ka hale lio ʻeleʻele. Ke kūkulu nei ʻo ia a me kāna kāne i kahi hoʻomaha no ka poʻe kahiko, kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke ʻākoakoa e hoʻoponopono i nā mea weliweli o ke kaua. He 25 lumi, a ua kapa ʻia kēlā me kēia lumi ma muli o ke kanaka i pepehi ʻia ma kahi hoʻomoana o kāna keiki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua lilo ka poʻe i hoʻi i ka home i mau keiki pani. Ua ʻike ʻo ia ua ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻeono mau kānaka i make ma ke ola kino.
"Ke hopohopo nei au i ka hopena noʻonoʻo e loaʻa iā lākou. Nui ko lakou ikaika, koa, koa. Akā, he puʻuwai nui loa ko lākou. A ke manaʻo nei au e hoʻokomo nui lākou iā lākou iho, "wahi āna. "E kuʻu Akua, ke manaʻo nei au ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻohewa iā lākou iho."
ʻO kēia kiʻi 2010 i hāʻawi ʻia e Chelsea Lee e hōʻike ana iā Marine Lance Cpl. ʻO Alec Catherwood (Alec Catherwood) I kēlā pō, ua hoʻolele ʻia ka pūʻali koa 3 o ka 5th Marines mai Camp Pendleton, Kaleponi. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo George Barba i ka lele helikopter mua o Caterwood i ka wā o ke aʻo ʻana a pehea ʻo ia "ʻakaʻaka kokoke i kona mau pepeiao a wiliwili i kona mau wāwae e like me ke keiki e noho ana ma luna o kahi noho kiʻekiʻe". (Chelsea Lee ma ka Associated Press)
Ua hoʻonoho ʻia ka pūʻali koa ʻekolu o ka 5th Marine Corps mai Camp Pendleton, Kaleponi i ka hāʻule o 2010, e hoʻouna ana i 1,000 US Marines i Afghanistan, ʻo ia kekahi o nā huakaʻi koko loa no nā koa ʻAmelika.
Ua hakakā ka Puali Lio ʻEleʻele me nā pūʻali koa Taliban ma ka moku ʻo Sangin o ka ʻāina ʻo Helmand no ʻeono mahina. I ke kaua alakaʻi ʻia e US no kahi kokoke i hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki, kokoke loa ʻo Sangjin ma lalo o ka mana o ka Taliban. ʻO nā māla poppy lush i hoʻohana ʻia no nā narcotics e hāʻawi i nā militants me ka waiwai nui a lākou i hoʻoholo ai e paʻa.
I ka hōʻea ʻana o nā Marines, ua lele ka hae Taliban keʻokeʻo mai ka hapa nui o nā hale. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā mea haʻiʻōlelo no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā pule e hoʻomāʻewaʻewa i ka pūʻali koa US. Ua pani ke kula.
"I ka pae ʻana o ka manu, ua pā mākou," i hoʻomanaʻo ai ka ilamuku mua. ʻO George Barba o Menifee, Kaleponi. "Holo mākou, komo mākou i loko, hoʻomanaʻo wau i ka ʻōlelo ʻana mai o kā mākou mākaʻi pū:'Welcome to Sankin. Loaʻa iā ʻoe kāu lipine hana kaua.'”
Ua peʻe ka sniper i ka ululāʻau. Pee ke koa me ka pu panapana ma hope o ka paia lepo. Ua hoʻohuli ʻia nā pōpō home i nā alanui a me nā canal i mau pahele make.
ʻO Sankin ka hoʻouka kaua mua a Alec Catherwood. Ua komo ʻo ia i ka Marine Corps i kona wā i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua hele ʻo ia i kahi kahua hoʻomoana ma hope koke o ka puka ʻana, a laila ua hoʻonoho ʻia ʻo ia i kahi hui 13-kanaka i alakaʻi ʻia e kahi mākaʻi mua. Sean Johnson.
Ua waiho ko Katherwood ʻoihana i ka manaʻo hohonu iā Johnson-ola kino, ikaika noʻonoʻo, a ma ka manawa mau.
"He 19 wale nō kona mau makahiki, no laila he mea kūikawā kēia," wahi a Johnson. "Makemake wale kekahi poʻe e noʻonoʻo pehea e nakinaki ai i ko lākou mau kāmaʻa i ʻole e ʻāhewa ʻia."
Ua ʻakaʻaka pū ʻo Katherwood iā lākou. Ua lawe pū ʻo ia i kahi mea pāʻani liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi me ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohenehene.
Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Barba i ka holo helikopa mua a Catherwood i ka wā hoʻomaʻamaʻa a pehea ʻo ia "ʻakaʻaka kokoke i kona mau pepeiao a wiliwili i kona mau wāwae e like me ke keiki e noho ana ma luna o kahi noho kiʻekiʻe".
ʻO Cpl mua. Ua hoʻohiki ʻo William Sutton o Yorkville, Illinois, e hoʻohenehene ʻo Casewood i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke ahi.
"Alec, he kukui ia i ka pōʻeleʻele," wahi a Sutton, ka mea i pana pinepine ʻia i ke kaua ma Afghanistan. "A laila lawe lākou iā mākou."
Ma ka lā 14 o ʻOkakopa, 2010, ma hope o ke kū kiaʻi ʻana ma waho o ke kahua kiaʻi i ka pō, ua hele ka hui o Catherwood e kōkua i nā Marines ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻouka ʻia. Ua pau kā lākou mau pū.
Ua hele lākou i nā kula ākea, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kahawai wai i uhi. Ma hope o ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka hapalua o ka hui me ka maluhia i mua, kikeke ʻo Johnson iā Katherwood i ka mahiole a ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "E hele kāua."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ma hope o ʻekolu mau ʻanuʻu, kani ka pū i ka poʻe kaua Taliban ma hope o lākou. Ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻo Johnson i kona poʻo a ʻike ʻo ia i kahi puka pōkā i loko o kona ʻeke. Ua pana ʻia ʻo ia ma ka wāwae. A laila ua pahū ke kuli—ua hehi kekahi o nā Marines i kahi pōkā huna. Ua maule koke ʻo Johnson a ala aʻela i loko o ka wai.
A laila ua pahū hou. I ka nānā ʻana i ka hema, ʻike ʻo Johnson iā Catherwood e lana ana i lalo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua maopopo ka make ʻana o ka ʻōpio Marine.
ʻO ka pahū ʻana i ka wā o ka hoʻohālua i make ai kekahi Marine, ʻo Lance Cpl. Ua hōʻeha nui ʻia ʻo Joseph Lopez o Rosamond, Kaleponi, a me kekahi kanaka ʻē aʻe.
Ma hope o ka hoʻi ʻana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Sergeant Steve Bancroft i kahi kaʻa paʻakikī ʻelua hola i ka home o kona mau mākua ma Casewood, ʻĀkau Illinois. Ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i luna kōkua kōkua, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma Iraq no ʻehiku mahina a ʻo ia ke kuleana no ka haʻi ʻana i kona ʻohana no ka make ma ke kahua kaua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bancroft, ua hoʻomaha ʻia i kēia manawa: "ʻAʻole oʻu makemake e hana kēia i kekahi, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku: ʻaʻole wau makemake e nānā i nā helehelena o koʻu mau mākua a haʻi aku iā lākou ua hala kā lāua keikikāne."
I kona wā e alakaʻi ai i kona ʻohana i Dover, Delaware, e nānā i ka pahu kupapaʻu i waho o ka mokulele, ua kūpaʻa ʻo ia. Akā, iā ia wale nō, uē ʻo ia. I kona noʻonoʻo ʻana i kona hiki ʻana i ka hale o Gretchen lāua ʻo Kirk Catherwood, e uē mau ana ʻo ia.
Ua ʻakaʻaka lākou i nā ipu pua i hoʻolei ʻia i kēia manawa. Ke kamaʻilio mau nei ʻo ia me lākou a me nā mākua ʻē aʻe āna i haʻi aku ai. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hālāwai me Alec, ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia.
“He meʻe kā kā lāua keiki. He mea paʻakikī ke wehewehe, akā ua kaumaha ʻo ia i kahi mea ʻoi aku ma mua o 99% o ka poʻe o ka honua i makemake ʻole e hana, "wahi āna.
“Ua pono anei? Ua nalowale mākou i nā kānaka he nui. He paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo i ka nui o kā mākou nalowale." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
Ua loaʻa iā Gretchen Catherwood ka Purple Heart a kāna keiki ma Springville, Tennessee i ka Pōʻakolu, ʻAukake 18, 2021. Ua make ʻo Alec Katherwood, 19 makahiki, i ke kaua me ka Taliban ma Afghanistan i ka makahiki 2010. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)
Ua kau ʻo Gretchen Catherwood i ke keʻa i kau ʻia e kāna keiki ma luna o kona pou moe, me kāna hōʻailona ʻīlio e kau ana ma luna.
E kau ana kekahi lei aniani ma kona aoao, e puhi ana i ka lehu o kekahi opio Marine: Cpl. Paul Wedgwood, ua hoʻi ʻo ia i ka home.
Ua hoʻi ʻo Black Horse Camp i Kaleponi i ʻApelila 2011. Ma hope o nā mahina o ka hakakā ikaika, ua hopu maoli lākou iā Sanjin mai ka Taliban. Hiki i nā alakaʻi aupuni panalāʻau ke hana palekana. Hoʻi nā keiki, me nā kaikamahine, i ke kula.
Ua uku nui ia. Ma waho aʻe o 25 poʻe i nalowale i ko lākou ola, ʻoi aku ma mua o 200 poʻe i hoʻi i ka home me nā ʻeha, he nui ka poʻe i nalowale i nā lālā, a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ke ʻike.
ʻAʻole hiki iā Wedgwood ke hiamoe i ka wā i hoʻopau ai ʻo ia i ʻehā mau makahiki o ke komo ʻana a haʻalele i ka Marines ma 2013. ʻO ka liʻiliʻi o kona hiamoe ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o kāna inu.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka peʻa ma kona lima luna i kahi ʻōwili pepa me nā inoa o nā Marines ʻehā i pepehi ʻia ma Sankin. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo Wedgwood e hoʻopaʻa inoa hou, akā haʻi ʻo ia i kona makuahine: "Inā wau e noho, manaʻo wau e make wau."
Akā, ua hele ʻo Wedgwood i ke kulanui ma kona kūlanakauhale hānau ʻo Colorado, akā nalo koke ka hoihoi. Ua hōʻoia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua kūpono nā papa wili o nā kula kaiaulu.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Wedgwood me ka maʻi ma hope o ke kaumaha. Lawe ʻo ia i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a komo pū i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
"Ke nānā nui nei ʻo ia i ke olakino noʻonoʻo," wahi a Helen Wedgewood, ka makuahine o ka Marine Corps. "ʻAʻole ʻo ia he kanaka koa mālama ʻole ʻia."
Akā naʻe, ua hakakā ʻo ia. Ma ka lā 4 o Iulai, e lawe mai ʻo Wedgwood i kāna ʻīlio i kahi hoʻomoana i loko o ka ululāʻau e pale aku i ke ahi. Ma hope o ka lele ʻana o ka mīkini kūʻē i ka papahele, haʻalele ʻo ia i kāna hana makemake.
ʻElima mau makahiki ma hope o Sanjin, ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea. Ke hoʻomākaukau nei ʻo Wedgwood i kahi hana hou e hiki ai iā ia ke hoʻi i Afghanistan ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana palekana pilikino. Me he mea lā aia ma kahi maikaʻi.
Ma ʻAukake 23, 2016, ma hope o ka pō inu ʻana me kāna hoa noho, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻo Wedgwood i ka hana. Ma hope mai, ua loaʻa iā ia ua make i loko o ka lumi moe. Ua pana ʻo ia iā ia iho. He 25 makahiki ona.
Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ʻo kāna keiki a me nā mea pepehi kanaka ʻē aʻe he mau mea i ke kaua, e like me ka poʻe i nalowale i ko lākou ola ma ka hana.
I ka wā i loaʻa hou ai i ka Taliban ka mana o Afghanistan ma mua o ka makahiki ʻelima o ka make ʻana o kāna keiki, ua hōʻoluʻolu ʻo ia no ka pau ʻana o ke kaua i pepehi ʻia ma mua o 2,400 ʻAmelika a i hōʻeha ʻia ma mua o 20,700 mau kānaka. Akā he mea kaumaha nō hoʻi nā mea i hoʻokō ʻia e ka poʻe Afghan - ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahine a me nā keiki - he manawa pōkole.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻAukake-31-2021