Izinja Zempi: Indaba kaStormy noRon Aiello

Kwama isiphepho. Wezwa okuthile okuzayo. Ingozi. Umphathi wakhe, uRon Aiello, akazange abone lutho, kodwa wayefunde ukuthembela emizweni engokwemvelo yezinja zempi, ikakhulukazi uStormy. Waguqa eduze kwakhe, walunguza lapho inja ibheke khona.

Kwaba ngesikhathi.

Inhlamvu yomdubuli yakhala phezu kwekhanda lakhe.

“Ukube bekungeyena uStormy, bengizovele ngiqonde obala futhi umdubuli ubezongehlisa ngaphandle kobunzima,” kusho u-Aiello. “Wasindisa impilo yami ngalolo suku.” Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uStormi ajoyina khona izinja zamaqhawe ezempi.

U-Marine Ron Aiello usebenze noStormy ngo-1966-1967 kwelinye lamaqembu angamashumi amathathu okuqala oKubuyiswa Kwasolwandle ukufika eVietnam. Angakwazi ukuxoxa inqwaba yezindaba mayelana nendlela uStormy amsindise ngayo kanye nozakwabo. Ezinye zazo ziyamangalisa njengendaba yomdubuli, kanti ezinye zimayelana nendlela izinja zamaqhawe ezempi ezasiza ngayo amasosha ngezinye izindlela ezibalulekile.

“Ngikhumbula ukuthi omunye wasolwandle wabuza ukuthi angambamba yini, wabe esehlala eduze kwakhe, wamgona futhi wamvumela ukuba akhothe ubuso bakhe, futhi bahlala kanjalo imizuzu eyishumi. Wathi esukuma wayesezothile eselungile. Ngikubonile ukwenza lokho kubantu kaningi,” kusho uRon. “Ubeyinja yokwelapha yangempela yethu sonke. Ngikholelwa ngempela ukuthi ukube ngangilapho ngaphandle kukaStormi, ngabe ngingumuntu ohlukile namuhla. Sasingabangane bangempela.”

U-Aiello wathola isaziso sokuthi kwase kuyisikhathi sokuhlukana noStormi, usuku olulodwa nje ngaphambi kokuphela kohambo lwakhe lwezinyanga ezingu-13. Wabuyela ekhaya futhi wahlala eVietnam. Umqondisi omusha wayelungiselela ukuthatha indawo yakhe eduze kwakhe.

Ngalobo busuku, uRon walala noStormy khona kanye edokodweni lakhe. Ngakusasa ekuseni wamphakela, wamphulula wahamba unomphela.

Uthi: “Angizange ngiphinde ngimbone.

Inhliziyo yakhe yayiphukile ngenxa yokwehlukana nomngane othembekile onemilenze emine.

Ukusiza izinja zempi njengenkokhiso kumngane omdala

Manje, eminyakeni engamashumi amahlanu kamuva, u-Aiello ukhokha intela kumngane wesikhathi sempi ngokuqinisekisa ukuthi izinja zempi ziyasizwa futhi zinakekelwe ukuphila kwazo konke. U-Ron ungumongameli wenhlangano engenzi nzuzo ebizwa ngokuthi i-United States War Dog Relief Association, ayisungula nabanye omakadebona baseVietnam ukuhlonipha amaqhawe ezempi akudala nokunakekela amaqhawe esikhathi sethu.

Ngesikhathi leli qembu liqala ukusebenza ndawonye ngo-1999, inhloso yalo kwakuwukuthola imali yesikhumbuzo senja yezempi kazwelonke. I-Hill's Pet Nutrition isekele umcimbi ngokunikela ngezikibha, amabhantshi namabhandana athengiswa yiqembu ukuze liqoqe imali.

“I-Hill’s isisize kakhulu,” kusho u-Aiello. “Siqoqe imali eningi ngosizo lwabo.”

Kepha kwathi ngo-11/XNUMX kwenzeka.

"Yebo, umsebenzi wesikhumbuzo sempi umisiwe, futhi esikhundleni salokho saqala ukuthumela amaphakheji osizo ezinjeni nakubabambeli bazo ababambe iqhaza emisebenzini yokuhlenga," kusho u-Aiello. Abakwa-Hill nabo abazange bame eceleni lapha, kulokhu banikela ngezinja ezifakwe emaphaketheni. U-Ron Aiello akanaso isiqiniseko sokuthi mangaki amaphakheji osizo lwenhlangano iqembu eliwathumele eminyakeni edlule.

Uthi: “Ngisanda kuyeka ukubala ezinkulungwaneni ezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu.

NgokukaRon, njengoba isimo sezempi eMpumalanga Ephakathi sasiba sibi, nesidingo sezinja zempi sakhula. Ngakho I-Military Dog Aid Association yethule uhlelo lwezindleko zokwelashwa ezinja zamaqhawe ezempi, ezikhokhela yonke into kusukela ku-PTSD kuya ku-chemotherapy.

NgokukaRon Aiello, njengamanje kunezinja ezingama-351 ezazingamasosha abhalise ohlelweni lokunakekelwa kwezempilo.

Inhlangano engenzi nzuzo iphinde inikeze izinja zempi imiklomelo emihle ngendlela yezindondo zethusi namaplakhu futhi isize abaqondisi bakhokhele izindleko zokwamukela izilwane ezifuywayo zempi.

Inhlangano futhi ekugcineni ifinyelele umgomo wayo wokuqala: ISikhumbuzo Sezinja Zase-US savulwa ngo-2006 emasangweni eVietnam Veterans Memorial eHolmdel, eNew Jersey. Yisithombe sethusi esibonisa isosha eliguqe ngamadolo nenja yalo - njengosuku uStormy asindisa ngalo u-Aiello kunhlamvu yesniper.

Isiphetho sikaStormy akwaziwa

URon Aiello ukwazile ukuthola abaqondisi abathathu abasebenza noStormy eVietnam ngemuva kwakhe.

“Bonke bangitshele ukuthi usekhona, ephelezela amaqembu aqaphayo, efuna iziqhumane futhi wenza umsebenzi wakhe ngendlela encomekayo njengenjwayelo,” usho kanje.

Kodwa ngemva kuka-1970, izindaba zayeka ukuvela. Ngemva kokuqeda inkonzo yakhe yezempi, u-Aiello wabhalela Ibutho Lasemanzini Lase-United States ecela ukuba kuthathwe uStormy. Awukayitholi impendulo. Kuze kube yimanje akazi ukuthi uphethwe yini. Ingase ibulawe ngesenzo noma, njengezinja eziningi ezikhonza eVietnam, yayingase ihlukunyezwe, ishiywe, noma inikezwe amaVietnam ngemva kokuhoxiswa kweMelika.

U-Aiello uyajabula ngokuthi isiphetho esifanayo asisoze sehlela enye inja yezempi.

Umthethosivivinywa ka-2000 osayinwe nguMongameli uBill Clinton uhlinzeka ngokuthi zonke izinja zezempi nezinkonzo ezitholwayo zitholakale ukuze zibekwe nomndeni ngemva kokuphothula umsebenzi. Ngenxa yokuthi izinja zempi ziqeqeshwe kakhulu, zithembeke kakhulu, futhi zingase zibe nezinkinga zezokwelapha eziyingqayizivele, zonke izinja eziye zathatha umhlalaphansi ezitholakalayo zokutholwa zabelwa uMnyango Wezokuvikela Uhlelo Lokutholwa Kwezempi Nesevisi. Izinja ezingaphezu kuka-300 zithola ikhaya lazo ngalolu hlelo unyaka ngamunye.

Omunye umthethosivivinywa, kulokhu osayinwe njengomthetho nguMongameli uBarack Obama ngo-2015, uqinisekisa ukubuya okuphephile e-US kwazo zonke izinja zamasosha esezisebenze phesheya kwezilwandle. Esikhathini esedlule, abaphathi babevame ukuqoqa imali bodwa ukuze bathumele izilwane ezifuywayo ekhaya. Izinhlangano ezifana ne-US War Dog Relief Association zisiza ukukhokhela lezi zindleko.

URon Aiello akasoze amkhohlwa uStormy nendima ebalulekile ayidlalile ekuphileni kwakhe nasempilweni yamanye amasosha ayesebenza naye eVietnam. Uthemba ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe ne-US War Dog Relief Association uzohlonipha inkumbulo yakhe kanye nempilo yamasosha awasindisile, kuhlanganise neyakhe.

Uthi: “Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngangikuphi noma ngenzani eVietnam, ngangihlale ngazi ukuthi nginomuntu engixoxa naye nokuthi wayekhona ukuze angivikele. “Futhi bengikhona ukumvikela. Sasinobungane bangempela. Wayengumngane omkhulu indoda engaphupha ngaye.”