Imbwa dzehondo: Nyaya yeDutu naRon Aiello

Dutu rakamira. Akanzwa chimwe chinhu chiri mberi. Danger. Mushandi wake, Ron Aiello, haana chaakaona, asi akanga adzidza kuvimba nepfungwa dzembwa dzehondo, kunyanya Stormy. Akapfugama padivi pake, akadongorera pakanga pakatarisa imbwa.

Yakanga iri nguva chaiyo.

Bara remupfuri rakaridza muridzo nepamusoro pake chaipo.

“Dai asiri Stormy, ndingadai ndangoenda pachena uye mhondi yacho ingadai yakandiburutsa pasina dambudziko,” anodaro Aiello. "Akaponesa hupenyu hwangu zuva iroro." Uye panguva iyoyo Stormi akabatana neuto rembwa dzehondo.

Marine Ron Aiello akashanda naStormy muna 1966-1967 mune chimwe chezvikwata makumi matatu zvekutanga zveMarine Reconnaissance kumhara muVietnam. Anogona kutaura nyaya dzakawanda dzekuti Stormy akamuponesa sei pamwe nevaaishanda navo. Zvimwe zvacho zvinokatyamadza senyaya yemupfuhwira, nepo dzimwe dziri dzekuti imbwa dzemagamba akabatsira sei varwi nedzimwe nzira dzakakosha.

"Ndinoyeuka mumwe Marine akabvunza kana aigona kumubata, ndokugara pasi pedyo naye, akamumbundira ndokumurega achinanzva chiso chake, uye vakagara saizvozvo kwemaminitsi gumi. Paakasimuka, akanga akadzikama uye agadzirira. Ndakazviona zvichiitwa vanhu kakawanda,” anodaro Ron. "Aive imbwa chaiyo yekurapa isu tese. Ndinonyatsodavira kuti kudai ndakanga ndiripo pasina Stormi, ndingadai ndiri munhu akasiyana nhasi. Taiva shamwari chaidzo.”

Aiello akaziviswa kuti yakanga yava nguva yokuparadzana naStormi, kwangosara zuva rimwe chete kuti rwendo rwake rwemwedzi 13 rwapera. Akaenda kumba uye iye akagara muVietnam. Mutungamiriri mutsva akanga achigadzirira kutora nzvimbo yake padivi pake.

Husiku ihwohwo, Ron akarara naStormy mudumba rake chaimo. Mangwanani akatevera akamudyisa, akamupuruzira ndokuenda zvachose.

“Handina kuzombomuona zvakare,” anodaro.

Mwoyo wake wakaputsika kubva pakuparadzana neshamwari yakatendeka ine makumbo mana.

Kubatsira imbwa dzehondo semutero kune shamwari yekare

Iye zvino, makore makumi mashanu gare gare, Aiello anopa mutero kushamwari yenguva yehondo nekuva nechokwadi chokuti imbwa dzehondo dzinobatsirwa uye dzinotarisirwa kwehupenyu hwavo hwose. Ron ndiye purezidhendi wesangano risina purofiti rinonzi United States War Dog Relief Association, raakavamba nevamwe varwi vehondo yeVietnam kukudza magamba echiuto ekare uye kutarisira magamba enguva yedu.

Apo boka racho rakatanga kushanda pamwe chete muna 1999, chinangwa chavo chakanga chiri chekungounganidza mari yechirangaridzo chembwa yenyika. Hill's Pet Nutrition yakatsigira chiitiko ichi nekupa t-shirts, mabhachi, uye mabhandi akatengeswa neboka kuti vawane mari.

“Hill’s yakatibatsira zvikuru,” anodaro Aiello. "Takaunganidza mari yakawanda nerubatsiro rwavo."

Asi ipapo 11/XNUMX zvakaitika.

"Chokwadi, chiitiko chekurangarira hondo chakamiswa, uye panzvimbo pacho takatanga kutumira mapeji erubatsiro kumbwa nevabati vadzo vanobatanidzwa mumabasa ekununura," anodaro Aiello. Hill's haina kumira padivi apa, panguva ino ichipa imbwa machira aisanganisirwa mumapakeji. Ron Aiello haana chokwadi chekuti ingani mapakeji erubatsiro akatumirwa neboka mumakore apfuura.

“Ndakangomira kuverenga pazvuru makumi maviri nezvishanu,” anodaro.

Maererano naRon, sezvo mamiriro ehondo muMiddle East akawedzera kuipa, ndizvo zvakaitawo kudiwa kwembwa dzehondo. Saka iyo Military Dog Aid Association yakatanga chirongwa chekubhadhara mari yekurapa imbwa dzegamba remauto, kubhadhara zvese kubva kuPTSD kuenda kuchemotherapy.

Sekureva kwaRon Aiello, parizvino kune makumi matatu nemakumi mashanu neshanu imbwa dzechiuto dzakanyoresa muchirongwa chekurapa.

Sangano risingabatsiri rinopawo imbwa dzemauto mibairo yakanaka nenzira yemenduru dzebhuronzi uye mapepa uye inobatsira vatungamiriri kubhadhara mutero wekutora zvipfuwo zvavo zvehondo.

Sangano iri rakazozadzisa chinangwa chayo chepakutanga: US War Dogs Memorial yakavhurwa muna 2006 pamasuwo eVietnam Veterans Memorial muHolmdel, New Jersey. Chivezwa chebhuronzi chinoratidza musoja akapfugama nembwa yake - kungofanana nezuva iro Stormy akaponesa Aiello kubva kune sniper bullet.

Zvakaitwa naStormy hazvizivikanwi

Ron Aiello akakwanisa kuwana vatungamiriri vatatu vakashanda naStormy muVietnam mushure make.

“Vese vakandiudza kuti akanga achiripo, achiperekedza zvikwata zvevarindi, achitsvaga zvinoputika uye achiita basa rake nemazvo sezvaagara achiita,” anodaro.

Asi pashure pa1970, nhau dzakamira kuuya. Apedza basa rake rechiuto, Aiello akanyorera veUnited States Marine Corps achikumbira kuti Stormy arerwe. Handisati ndawana mhinduro. Nanhasi haazivi kuti chii chakamuwira. Inogona kunge yakaurayiwa mukuita kana, sembwa dzakawanda dzakashanda muVietnam, inogona kunge yakasunungurwa, yakasiiwa, kana kuendeswa kune veVietnamese mushure mekubviswa kweAmerica.

Aiello anofara kuti dambudziko rakafanana harizombofi rakawira imwe imbwa yemauto.

Bhiri re2000 rakasainwa neMutungamiri Bill Clinton rinopa kuti imbwa dzese dzechiuto nedzebasa dziwanikwe kuti dzigadzirwe nemhuri pakupedza basa. Nekuda kwekuti imbwa dzemauto dzakadzidziswa zvakanyanya, dzakatendeseka kwazvo, uye dzinogona kunge dziine nyaya dzekurapa dzakasiyana, imbwa dzese dzakarega dziripo dzekutorwa dzinopihwa kuDhipatimendi reDziviriro Yemauto uye Service Dog Adoption Chirongwa. Imbwa dzinodarika mazana matatu dzinowana imba yadzo kuburikidza nechirongwa ichi gore rega rega.

Rimwe bhiri, panguva ino rakasainwa kuva mutemo neMutungamiri Barack Obama muna 2015, rinovimbisa kudzoka kwakachengeteka kuUS kwembwa dzese dzave pamudyandigere dzakamboshanda mhiri kwemakungwa. Kare, vachengeti vaiwanzofanira kuunganidza mari vega kuti vatumire mhuka dzinovaraidza kumba. Masangano akaita seUS War Dog Relief Association anobatsira kubhadhara mari idzi.

Ron Aiello haazombokanganwi Stormy uye basa rinokosha raakaita muupenyu hwake uye muupenyu hwemamwe masoja akashanda naye muVietnam. Anotarisira kuti basa rake neUS War Dog Relief Association rinokudza ndangariro yake uye nehupenyu hwemasoja aakaponesa, kusanganisira ake.

“Pasinei nokuti ndaiva kupi kana kuti ndaiitei kuVietnam, ndaigara ndichiziva kuti ndine munhu wokutaura naye uye kuti aivapo kuti andidzivirire,” anodaro. “Uye ndakanga ndiripo kuti ndimudzivirire. Taiva nehushamwari chaihwo. Akanga ari shamwari yepamwoyo iyo murume anogona kungorota nezvake.”