Emma Didlake
 Emma Didlake | |
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| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa |
Boligee (en)  , 13 ga Maris, 1905 |
| ƙasa | Tarayyar Amurka |
| Mutuwa |
West Bloomfield Township (en) , 16 ga Augusta, 2015 |
| Makwanci |
Westlawn Cemetery (en) |
| Yanayin mutuwa | Sababi na ainihi (cuta) |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | soja |
| Aikin soja | |
| Fannin soja |
United States Army (en) |
Emma Didlake (Maris 13, 1904 - Agusta 16, 2015) ta kasance 'yar Afirka ce ta Afirka.[1] Ta yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Mata . [2]
Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Didlake a Boligee, Alabama, a cikin shekara ta 1904. [3]
A lokacin da take ƙarama, Didlake da iyalinta sun koma Kentucky, inda ta auri mai hakar kwal a 1922 kuma daga baya ta zauna don tayar da iyalenta.[4][2]
Ayyuka
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A shekara ta 1943, lokacin da take da shekaru 38 kuma mahaifiyar yara biyar, Didlake ta shiga WAAC. Ta gaya wa San Antonio Express-News cewa ta shiga Sojoji saboda "tana so ta yi abubuwa daban-daban". [2] Ta yi aiki a jihar a matsayin mai zaman kansa da direba.
Don hidimar da ta yi a yakin duniya na biyu, Didlake ta sami lambar yabo ta Sojojin Mata, lambar yabo ta Kamfen ta Amurka, da lambar yabo ta Nasara ta yakin duniya na II . [5]
Bayan hidima
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Bayan barin hidimar, Didlake da danginta sun ƙaura zuwa Detroit, Michigan, inda ta zauna har mutuwarta. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya ƙaura zuwa Detroit, Didlake ya shiga babin NAACP na gida. A cikin 1963, ta yi tafiya tare da Martin Luther King Jr. a Maris a Washington don Ayyuka da 'Yanci .
A cikin 2013, an ba Didlake lambar yabo ta James Weldon Johnson a bikin cin abincin dare na shekara-shekara na 58 na Detroit NAACP.[6]
A ranar 17 ga Yuli, 2015, tana da shekaru 111, Didlake ta ziyarci Washington, DC, a kan tafiya ta girmamawa wacce ta haɗa da saduwa da Shugaba Barack Obama da kuma yawon shakatawa da yawa na tarihi, gami da Mata a Sabis na Soja don Tunawa da Amurka a Kabari na Arlington, inda ta karbi abubuwan tunawa daga Brigadier Janar Wilma Vaught mai ritaya. Talons Out Honor Flight ne ya shirya tafiyar kuma ya ba da kuɗin, wani ɓangare na Cibiyar Nazarin Flight . [7]
A taron da suka yi a Ofishin Oval, Didlake ta zauna a cikin keken guragu a wannan wuri inda shugabannin kasashen waje ke zaune lokacin da suka sadu da shugaban a Fadar White House . [8] Shugaba Obama ya yaba wa Didlake saboda aikinta na "tsalle-tsalle" a matsayin daya daga cikin tsoffin mata da 'yan Afirka na Amurka waɗanda suka taimaka wajen haɗa Sojojin Amurka.[9][10]
Didlake ta danganta tsawon rayuwarta ga abinci mai yawan 'ya'yan itace da kayan lambu. Kowace rana, za ta kuma ci 'ya'yan inabi na zinariya da ta tsoma cikin vodka da dare.[11]
Mutuwa da gado
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Kimanin wata daya bayan ziyarar Fadar White House, Didlake ta yi rashin lafiya. Ta mutu a ranar 16 ga watan Agusta, 2015, tana da shekaru 111. Jikanta da jikokin jikoki sun mutu.[12]
A ranar 19 ga watan Agusta, Shugaba Obama ya fitar da wannan sanarwa don girmama mutuwar Didlake:
Emma Didlake ta yi wa kasar ta hidima da bambanci da girmamawa, mai ba da labari na gaskiya ga tsararraki na Amurkawa waɗanda suka sadaukar da yawa ga ƙasarsu. Na kasance mai tawali'u da godiya don maraba da Emma zuwa Fadar White House a watan da ya gabata, kuma ni da Michelle mun aika da ta'aziyya ga dangin Emma, abokai, da duk wanda ta yi wahayi zuwa gare ta a rayuwarta ta Amurka.[13]
Tare da mutuwar Didlake, tsohon soja da aka fi sani (Yaƙin Duniya na II) ya zama Frank Levingston . [14]
Kyaututtuka da kayan ado
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| Medal na Sabis na Sojojin Mata | Medal na Kamfen na Amurka | Medal na Nasara na Yaƙin Duniya na II |
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ "Woman Believed to Be Nation's Oldest Veteran Dies at Age 111". The New York Times. August 17, 2015. Missing or empty
|url=(help) - 1 2 3 "VFW Magazine June/July 2015 Page 44". Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "White House Hosts 111-Year-Old World War II Veteran". ABC News. 2015-08-17. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
- ↑ "Oldest living veteran is a 110-year-old black woman". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "President Obama Meets With Emma Didlake, Oldest Living U.S. Veteran". The Huffington Post. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "110-year-old veteran, and Alabama native, to meet Obama". 16 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "Honoring Our Nation's Oldest Veteran, Emma Didlake". Talons Out Honor Flight. Archived from the original on 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "Emma Didlake: Army driver in the Second World War who met Barack Obama as the United States' oldest known veteran". Independent.co.uk. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "Oldest living veteran is a 110-year-old black woman". New York Daily News. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "110-Year-old veteran Emma Didlake honored by President Obama". MSNBC. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "Oldest living veteran is a 111-year-old black woman". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "Oldest known U.S. veteran Emma Didlake dies". CNN. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ "Emma Didlake, America's oldest known veteran, dies at 111". Mashable. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
- ↑ Christenson, By Sig (17 August 2015). "America's oldest known veteran, Emma Didlake, dies at 110". MySA. Retrieved 2015-09-16.