Richard Secord

Richard Secord
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	LaRue (en) , 6 ga Yuli, 1932
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	Port Orange (mul) , 15 Oktoba 2024
Karatu
Makaranta	Naval War College (en) United States Military Academy (en) George Washington University (mul) Air Command and Staff College (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	hafsa
Kyaututtuka	gani Distinguished Flying Cross Legionnaire of Legion of Merit Air Medal Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Aikin soja
Fannin soja	United States Air Force
Digiri	major general (en)
Ya faɗaci	Vietnam War (en)

Manjo Janar Richard Vernon Secord (6 ga Yuli, 1932 - 15 ga Oktoba, 2024) jami'in Sojojin Sama ne na Amurka wanda ya yi aiki a ayyukan ɓoye. Da farko a cikin aikin soja, ya kasance memba na rundunar jirgin sama ta farko ta Amurka da aka aika zuwa Yaƙin Vietnam a watan Agustan 1961, Operation Farm Gate . Secord ya bar Vietnam a 1965 don halartar Kwalejin Air Command da Staff. Bayan haka, ya koma kudu maso gabashin Asiya, an ba da cikakken bayani ga Hukumar leken asiri ta tsakiya don aiki a yakin sirri a Laos. Yayinda yake Laos, yana da alhakin manyan ayyukan soja da yawa. Ɗaya daga cikin su shine Yakin Lima Site 85. Wani kuma shi ne kawai fursunonin da suka yi nasarar ceto a yakin Vietnam. Dukkanin wadannan sun zo ne saboda nauyin da yake da shi na kula da ayyukan Royal Lao Air Force, Air America, da Raven FACs.

Tarihi da ilimi

An haifi Richard Vernon Secord ga Wahnetta da Lowell Secord a LaRue, Ohio, a ranar 6 ga Yuli, 1932. An haifi 'yan uwan biyu, Sandra da Jim, a cikin shekaru biyar masu zuwa. Laura Secord na ɗaya daga cikin kakanninmu a cikin bishiyar danginsu. Saboda sun kasance matalauta, Lowell Secord ya koya wa ɗansa na fari yin amfani da bindigogi don farauta don abinci tun yana ƙarami.

Lowell Secord yana kishi da aboki na yaro wanda ya kammala karatu daga West Point. Ga ɗansa, ya yi magana game da fa'idodin biyan kuɗi don halartar kwaleji, da kuma girmama aikin soja. Kodayake Lowell ya koma Marion, Ohio don ya zama mai walda yayin da Yaƙin Duniya na II ya fara, ya san bai inganta kuɗin da zai iya aika yaro zuwa kwaleji ba. Richard ya ɗauki burin halartar makarantar koyar da sabis.

Ayyukan soja

Horarwa da farkon sakonni

Secord ya yi aiki a matsayin mai koyar da jirgin sama daga 1956 zuwa 1959 a Laredo Air Force Base, kuma daga 1959 zuwa 1961 a matsayin mai ba da horo da jami'in aiki a Tinker Air Force Base. A lokacin aikin na ƙarshe, an tura shi Jami'ar Oklahoma don yin karatu don digiri na biyu a cikin wallafe-wallafen Ingilishi. Yayinda yake ci gaba har zuwa bukatar takardar jarabawarsa kawai don samun digiri, ya sadu kuma ya auri matarsa, Jo Ann .

A watan Agustan 1961 ya shiga ayyukan ɓoye a cikin abin da zai zama 1st Air Commando Wing, ya kasance a can har zuwa 1965. A matsayin wani ɓangare na Operation Farm Gate, reshe shine rukunin jirgin sama na farko na Amurka da aka sanya wa Vietnam. Secord ya tashi sama da ayyukan yaƙi 200 tsakanin Maris 1962 zuwa Janairu 1963, yana tashi AT-28s. Ɗaya daga cikin matukan jirgin saman Vietnam da ya sadu da shi a lokacin wannan aikin shine Nguyen Cao Ky, daga baya shugaban Vietnam. Wani sabon masani a can shi ne Brigadier Janar Harry "Heinie" Aderholt . Har ila yau a wannan lokacin, an sanya Secord na ɗan lokaci a cikin Sojojin Sama na Daular Iran a matsayin mai ba da shawara (Janairu zuwa Yuli 1963, Janairu zuwa Mayu 1964, Janairu zuwa Maris 1965).