Ben Harrell

Ben Harrell
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Medford (en) , 15 ga Maris, 1911
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	Monterey (en) , 26 ga Yuli, 1981
Makwanci	San Francisco National Cemetery (en)
Karatu
Makaranta	United States Military Academy (en) Digiri a kimiyya National War College (en) 1952)
Sana'a
Kyaututtuka	gani Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
Aikin soja
Fannin soja	United States Army (en)
Digiri	Janar
Ya faɗaci	Cold War Vietnam War (en)

Ben Harrell,(15 Maris 1911 - 26 Yuli 1981) ya kasance Janar din Sojojin na ƙasar Amurka wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Kwamandan Sojojin Kudu maso Gabashin Turai daga shekara ta 1968 zuwa 1971. Wani aji na 1933 wanda ya kammala karatu a Kwalejin Sojan Amurka, Harrell ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen tsarawa da aiwatar da manyan ayyukan amphibious a Arewacin Afirka, Sicily,da Kudancin Faransa a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu . Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin Kwamandan Sojojin Amurka na shida da kuma 101st Airborne Division, kuma a matsayin memba na Kwamitin Howze.

Farkon aiki

Ben Harrell, USMA Class na 1933

An haifi Ben Harrell a ranar 15 ga Maris, 1911, a Medford, Oregon . Wakilin Hawley na Oregon ne ya nada shi a Kwalejin Sojan Amurka kuma ya kammala karatu a ranar 13 ga Yuni, 1933. Bayan kammala karatunsa, an ba shi izini a matsayin Lieutenant na biyu a cikin Sojojin Amurka.

Yaƙin Duniya na II

Sabis kafin Yaƙin Duniya na II

A lokacin da ya fara aikin soja, Harrell ya yi aiki a manyan ayyuka da yawa. A matsayinsa na ƙaramin jami'in, an tura shi Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, kafin harin Japan a ranar 7 ga Disamba, 1941. Ya yi aiki tare da 3rd Infantry Division a matsayin S-3 (ofishin aiki) na 7th Infantry Regiment - ƙungiyar da zai yi umurni daga baya - kuma ya jagoranci 15th Regiment na ƙungiyar. Harrell daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata na Ayyuka (G-3) a cikin VI Corps kuma daga baya a matsayin Mataimakiyar Shugaban Ma'aikatan Ayyuka (G-3) na Sojojin Amurka na biyar a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Bahar Rum.

Yaƙin Duniya na II

Bayan shigar Amurka cikin yakin duniya na biyu, Harrell ya shiga cikin tsare-tsare da ayyukan yaƙi:

• Arewacin Afirka da Sicily: Harrell ya taimaka wajen tsara shirye-shiryen dabarun saukowar Allied amphibious a Arewacin Afirka a watan Nuwamba 1942. Ya kuma taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen shirya saukowa a Sicily (Operation Husky) a watan Yulin 1943, wanda ya haɗa da hawa jirgin ruwa na mamayewa na fiye da 1,000 - mafi girman irin wannan jirgin a duniya a wannan lokacin. Harrell zai yi aiki tare da abokin karatunsa na USMA na 1933 Col. William O. Darby wanda Rangers zai zama raka'a na farko da za su mamaye duka Arewacin Afirka da Sicily.
• Italiya: Bayan saukowar Sicily, Harrell ya shiga cikin ci gaba ta hanyar Italiya. Ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin shugaban ma'aikatan 3rd Infantry Division kafin ya zama shugaban sashen ma'aikatan G-3 na VI Corps .
• Kudancin Faransa da kama Strasbourg: A watan Agustan 1944, Harrell yana cikin sojojin da suka sauka a Kudancin Faransanci don buɗe sabon gaba a kan abokan gaba. Ba da daɗewa ba, an ba shi umurni na 7th Infantry Regiment. A karkashin jagorancinsa, ƙungiyarsa ta ci gaba ta hanyar wasan kwaikwayo, ta kai Strasbourg da iyakar Jamus a ƙarshen 1944.
• Komawa Italiya: Bayan nasarar da ya samu a Kudancin Faransa, an mayar da Harrell zuwa Italiya, inda ya jagoranci sashen ma'aikatan G-3 na Sojoji na 5 har zuwa ƙarshen yaƙin.

Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II da kuma Yakin Cold

Lieutenant Janar Ben Harrell (dama), Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikata na Ci gaban Sojoji, yayi magana da Sergeant Ernest L. Byrd (hagu), Shugaban Sashen Gunnery na 3, C. Battery, 6th Battalion, 10th Artillery yayin ziyarar Janar zuwa VII Corps, Kelley Barracks Stutt-Moehringen, Jamus. Lieutenant Janar Louis W. Truman yana tsaye a tsakiya, a baya. (Louis W. Truman Papers, Harry S. Truman Library & Museum)

Lieutenant Janar Ben Harrell (hagu), Mataimakin Shugaban Ma'aikatan Ci gaban Sojoji an nuna shi tare da Lieutenant Janara Louis W. Truman (tsakiya), Kwamandan VII Corps, da Brigadier Janar John J. Tolson III, Darakta na Sojojin Sama (dama). Janar Harrell yana ziyartar abubuwa na VII Corps Artillery, 2nd Armored Cavalry da 4th Armored da 24th Infantry Divisions. (Louis W. Truman Papers, Harry S. Truman Library & Museum)

A watan Disamba na shekara ta 1945, bayan karshen yakin duniya na biyu, Harrell ya koma Amurka kuma ya shiga ma'aikatan makarantar sojan Amurka a Fort Benning, Jojiya. Ayyukansa na gaba sun haɗa da:

• Ayyukan Airborne: Harrell ya jagoranci sashen ma'aikatan G-3 na 11th Airborne Division, an ba shi umurni na 511th Airborne Regiment, kuma daga ƙarshe ya zama shugaban ma'aikatan ƙungiyar a 1950. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 37, ya sami lambar yabo ta Parachutist.
• Ayyukan Turai: Bayan ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Yakin Kasa, Harrell ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in ma'aikata a Babban Hedikwatar Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) kusa da Paris. Daga baya aka tura shi zuwa Berlin, inda a watan Agustan 1953 ya zama kwamandan rundunar sojan kasa ta 6. A cikin shekara mai zuwa, ya zama shugaban ma'aikatan Brigade na Berlin (ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Ma'aikatan Kwamandan Amurka a Berlin).
• Pentagon da Promotions: An sanya Harrell a Pentagon a watan Agustan 1955, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Jami'in Mataimakin Sakataren Sojoji (Manpower da Reserve Forces). A watan Janairun 1956, an nada shi ya zama shugaban reshen sojan kasa, Sashen Gudanar da Ayyuka a Ofishin Babban Jami'in, kuma an kara shi zuwa Brigadier Janar a farkon shekara ta 1956.
• Ayyuka a Koriya ta Kudu: A watan Yulin 1958, an tura Harrell zuwa Koriya ta Koriya ta Tsakiya, inda ya umurci Brigade na 7 kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na ma'aikatan 7th Infantry Division.
• Kwamandan Sojojin Amurka da 101st Airborne Division: A ranar 1 ga Agusta, 1959, an kara shi zuwa Manjo Janar kuma daga baya ya shiga ma'aikatan Kwamandan Sojan Amurka a Fort Monroe, Virginia. Tsakanin Yuni 1960 da Yuli 1961, Harrell ya umarci 101st Airborne Division a Fort Campbell, Kentucky, wanda ya gaji William Westmoreland. Daga nan sai ya koma Fort Benning don aiki a matsayin Kwamandan Janar na Cibiyar Sojoji da Kwamandan Makarantar Sojojin Sojojin Amurka.
• Daga baya Ayyukan Pentagon da Ƙarin Gabatarwa: A watan Fabrairun 1963, Harrell ya ci gaba da aiki a Pentagon a matsayin jami'in ma'aikata kuma an inganta shi zuwa Lieutenant Janar. Daga Mayu 1965 zuwa Yuli 1967, ya umurci Kwamandan Ci gaban Sojojin Amurka a Fort Belvoir, Virginia .
• Sojoji na shida da Allied Command: A ranar 6 ga Yuli, 1967, Harrell ya zama kwamandan Sojojin Amurka na shida, wanda ke da hedikwatar a Presidio a San Francisco, California, mukamin da ya rike har zuwa 1968. Bayan ci gabansa zuwa Janar mai taurari huɗu a shekarar 1968, ya ɗauki kwamandan Sojojin Ƙasar Kudu maso Gabashin Turai, wanda ke zaune a Verona, Italiya, kuma ya rike wannan mukamin har sai da ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1971.

Kabarin Janar Ben Harrell da matarsa Harriet Pearl.

Ya mutu a 1981 kuma an binne shi a Kabari na San Francisco .

Medals da Awards

A lokacin aikin soja, Ben Harrell ya sami kyaututtuka masu zuwa:

• Medal na Ayyuka na Sojoji (sau 2)
• Tauraron Azurfa
• Legion of Merit (sau 3)
• Medal na Tauraron tagulla (sau 2)
• Medal na Ofishin Tsaro na Amurka
• Medal na Kamfen na Amurka
• Medal na yabo na Sojoji
• Medal na Yakin Turai da Afirka ta Tsakiya
• Medal na Nasara na Yaƙin Duniya na II
• Medal na Sojojin Kasuwanci
• Medal na Tsaro na Kasa
• Medal of Honor na Brazil (Brazil)
• Dokar Daular Burtaniya (Great Britain)
• Gicciye na Yakin Czechoslovakia (Czechoslovakia)
• Gicciye na Yaƙi (Faransa)
• Tsarin Mulki na Italiya (Italiya)