Wallace Terry

Wallace Terry
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna	Wallace Houston Terry, II
Haihuwa	New York, 21 ga Afirilu, 1938
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	Fairfax (mul) , 29 Mayu 2003
Makwanci	unknown value
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Harvard University of Chicago (en) Shortridge High School (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	Masanin tarihi da ɗan jarida
Employers	Howard University (en) College of William & Mary (en)
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Wallace Terry (dama) ganawa da GI a Vietnam 1969

Wallace Houston Terry, II (21 ga Afrilu, 1938 - 29 ga Mayu, 2003) ɗan jarida Afirka ne kuma ɗan tarihi na baki, wanda aka fi sani da littafinsa game da sojoji baƙar fata a Vietnam, Bloods: Tarihin Magana na Yaƙin Vietnam (1984), wanda ya zama wahayi ga fim ɗin aikata laifuka na 1995 Dead Presidents da wasan kwaikwayo na Spike Lee na 2020 Da 5 Bloods.

Ko da yake da farko ɗan jarida ne, ya kuma kasance minista a cikin Ikilisiyar almajiran Kristi, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai sharhi na rediyo da talabijin, malami na jama'a, da kuma mai gudanar da talla. Ya koyar da aikin jarida a Jami'ar Howard da Kwalejin William & Mary, inda ya zauna a kan kwamitin amintattu.

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi Terry a Birnin New York kuma ya girma a Indianapolis, Indiana, inda ya kasance editan Shortridge Daily Echo, ɗaya daga cikin 'yan jaridu na makarantar sakandare a Amurka. A matsayinsa na mai ba da rahoto ga The Brown Daily Herald, ya yi hira da Orval Faubus, gwamnan Arkansas mai nuna bambanci, kuma ya sami kulawa ta kasa lokacin da hoton da ya girgiza hannu tare da Faubus ya buga shafin farko na The New York Times a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 1957. Daga baya, Terry ya zama babban editan jaridar, kuma Ba'amurke na farko da ya gudanar da jaridar Ivy League. Ya yi karatun digiri na biyu a fannin tauhidi a matsayin Rockefeller Fellow a Jami'ar Chicago, kuma a dangantakar kasa da kasa a matsayin Nieman Fellow a Jami'ar Harvard.

Ayyuka

The Washington Post ta hayar da Terry a shekarar 1958 yana da shekaru 19, ya zama mafi ƙanƙanta mai ba da rahoto da jaridar ta hayar. Shekaru uku bayan haka, Mujallar Time ta hayar da shi. A shekara ta 1967, Terry ya tafi Vietnam, inda ya zama mataimakin shugaban ofishin mujallar a Saigon kuma wakilin yaki na farko a kan aikin dindindin. A lokacin yawon shakatawa na shekaru biyu, ya rufe Tet Offensive, ya tashi da yawa na yaƙi tare da matukan jirgi na Amurka da na Kudancin Vietnam, kuma ya shiga dakarun hari a cikin kwarin A Shau da Hamburger Hill. Shi da wakilin New Republic Zalin Grant sun dawo da gawarwakin 'yan jarida hudu da Viet Cong ta kashe a ranar 5 ga Mayu, 1968, a lokacin Mini-Tet Offensive a Saigon, suna bin umarni daga wanda ya tsira Frank Palmos da ma'aikatan soja na New Zealand.

Mutuwa da gado

Wallace da Janice Terry

A shekara ta 2003, Terry ya kamu da wata cuta mai ban mamaki da ake kira granulomatosis tare da polyangiitis, wanda ke cutar da mutum daya cikin miliyan daya. Ana iya magance cutar da magunguna, amma a cikin yanayinsa an gano shi da wuri. Ya mutu a karkashin magani a asibitin Fairfax, Virginia a ranar 29 ga Mayu, 2003.

Ya bar matarsa mai shekaru 40, Janice Terry (née Jessup), da kuma 'ya'yansu uku: Tai, Lisa, da David, da jikoki biyu: Noah da Sophia.