Felix Smith yerekeje kuri "Hump" hejuru ya Himalaya mu gihe cy'Intambara ya Kabiri y'Isi Yose, afatanya n'umuyobozi w'Ingwe zizwi cyane zo mu bwoko bwa Flying Tigers mu Bushinwa nyuma y'intambara ndetse no mu myaka myinshi yatwaye indege kugira ngo izahinduke CIA ikorwa na CIA mu Bushinwa, Tayiwani, Koreya, Vietnam na Laos - kurasa neza buri gihe mubikorwa.
Yashakanye n'umwuzukuruza w'umwami wa nyuma wa Okinawa nyuma aza kuba umuyobozi ushinzwe ibikorwa bya South Pacific Island Airways muri Hawaii.
Birashoboka rero ko bitatangaje rero, ubwo ivu rya Smith ryatatanyirwaga ku cyuma cy’abasirikare barinda inkombe cya Oahu mu cyumweru gishize, ko mu bwato uwahoze ari umukozi wa CIA, mugenzi we utwara indege muri Amerika, umugani w’indege ya kabiri y’isi yose hamwe n’abandi bantu bafite amabara menshi.
"No 1, yari umuntu w'igitangaza - kuba mwiza cyane kuba hafi ye. Kandi ni indege ikomeye."
Van Ingen, ufite imyaka 86, yagize ati: "Niba waraturutse mu mujyi muto wa Wisconsin ukaba ushaka kubona isi, ntushobora gukora akazi keza kurushaho."
Smith yapfuye ku ya 3 Ukwakira 2018, i Milwaukee afite imyaka 100. Inshuti Clark Hatch utuye i Honolulu, yavuze ko icyifuzo cye cya nyuma ari uko ivu rye ryanyanyagiye muri pasifika ikikije Hawaii.
Umupfakazi we, Junko Smith, yavuze ko umugabo we yagize "ibihe byiza" aba muri Hawaii imyaka 21, guhera mu mpera za za 70.
"Yakundaga Hawaii", nyuma y’umuhango wo kwibuka mu bwato bwa Oliver Berry ukata inkombe."(Yahoraga avuga) inzu ye ni Hawaii. Twagize ubuzima bwiza cyane muri Hawaii."
Lt. Cmdr.Kenneth Franklin, wari umuyobozi w'icyo gihe, yagize ati: "Felix Smith yakoreye igihugu, kandi abashinzwe umutekano ku nyanja bishimira kubaha ubuzima bw'abakoreye igihugu."
Smith yanditse ubuzima bwe bwo kuguruka - ibintu by’amayeri mpuzamahanga ndetse n’ibitangaza - mu gitabo cye yise "Ubushinwa Umuderevu: Kuguruka i Chennault mu gihe cy’intambara y'ubutita."Yabanje guhaguruka mu bwikorezi bwo mu kirere bwa gisivili, bwabaye igice cya CIA's Air America.
Ikigo cy’ubutasi cyemeje ko gikeneye ubushobozi bwo gutwara indege muri Aziya, maze mu 1950 kigura rwihishwa umutungo w’ubwikorezi bwo mu kirere.
Umuyobozi w’indege "CAT" yatangaje ko abaderevu batagomba kuvuga CIA mu izina ahubwo ko bagomba kuvuga abakozi nk "abakiriya."
Mu gihe cy’intambara yo muri Koreya, Smith yari ateganijwe guhaguruka yerekeza i Saipan.Ageze mu kigo cy’ingabo zirwanira mu kirere cya Andersen kiri muri Guam, umusirikare mukuru w’ingabo zirwanira mu kirere yahise asimbuka Jeep maze arabaza ati: "Urakora iki hano?"Smith yabivuze mu gitabo cye.
Yanditse ati: "Mbere yuko nshobora guhimba igisubizo cyiyubashye, umutwaro w'intwaro yatwaye hamwe n'abasivili bagera kuri 15 bambaye amashati ya aloha cyangwa abakasi basanzwe, ingofero ya gallon 10, ingofero y'izuba cyangwa nta ngofero, inkweto z'inka, inkweto za rubber cyangwa inkweto za tennis".
Mu ndege yo kugaruka, Smith yatwaye abagenzi icyenda bafunze amaso - abenegihugu bose b'Abashinwa bahuguwe nka maneko - na "abakiriya" batatu.Ijwi ritunguranye ry'umwuka ryihuta mu kabari rimubwira ko umuryango munini wakinguwe kandi wugaye.
Smith yaranditse ati: "Nta kindi navuze uretse kubona, nyuma yo kugwa, ko abagenzi umunani ari bo bahagurutse. Natekerezaga ko abakiriya bacu bavumbuye abakozi babiri."
Intambara ya Kabiri y'Isi Yose irangiye, Smith yari umuderevu hamwe n’Ubushinwa bw’indege z’Ubushinwa zikora ziyobowe n’ingabo z’Amerika.
Jenerali Claire Chennault, wari inyuma ya Flying Tigers, itsinda ry’abapilote b’abanyamerika bitangiye kurwanya abayapani mu Bushinwa, batangije ubwikorezi bwo mu kirere kugira ngo babone ibyo Ubushinwa bukeneye nyuma y'intambara.
Smith yahawe akazi, maze mu 1946 yerekeza muri Hawaii gufata indege zisagutse kugira ngo atangire indege.
Mu gitabo cye yagize ati: "Tugeze kuri Wheeler Field, twarebye ku mva aho indege zagiye gupfa"."Curtis C-46 zacu 15 zasaga n'inzovu zibora."
CAT yakoranye ifatanije n’ishyaka riharanira inyungu z’Abashinwa riyobowe na Chiang Kai-Shek.Urugero rumwe mu butumwa bwinshi, Smith yagerageje ibitonyanga byo mu kirere byinjira mu muringa kugira ngo bivemo umuceri n'umuceri muri Taiyuan mu Bushinwa mu gihe ingabo zitukura zafunze.
Yanditse ati: "Byasabye pasiporo nyinshi kugira ngo umuceri wose usohoke. Imipira itukura ya golf - imashini zikoresha imbunda - zagoramye munsi yacu."
CAT yatwaye Banki y’Ubushinwa ifeza ya Hong Kong mbere yuko Chiang agira Tayiwani icyicaro cy’ishyaka rya Kuomintang.
Jack DeTour, umuturage wa Honolulu akaba n'umupilote w’Intambara ya Kabiri y'Isi Yose B-25, yibukije guhura na Smith igihe aba mbere bajyaga muri Filipine guhugura abaderevu ba CAT kuri C-119 "Flying Boxcar" kugira ngo bafashe Abafaransa muri Vietnam.
DeTour, wari ku kato ko kurinda inkombe mu birori byo kwibuka, yibuka ati: "Navuze ko Felix ari umwe mu baderevu beza nigeze kugenzura."
Smith yajyanye indege C-47 muri Vientiane no gusohoka muri Laos yerekeza mu midugudu ya Hmong aho intwaro zirimo umusaraba n'imbunda za flintlock.Mu ndege imwe, yateje grenade ingabo z’ubwami, ku yindi, umuceri mu kigo cy’Amerika gishinzwe iterambere mpuzamahanga.
Mu gitabo cye cyo mu 1995, Smith yanditse ko "kera mu Burengerazuba bufatika, imyaka itari mike uvuye kuri 'Alice muri Wonderland' ya topsy-turvy, ndibuka ibintu byihuse nkoresheje umurizo, nibaza niba ibyo bintu bidasanzwe byabayeho. Ikirahure kireba kigaragaza gusa mu maso. "
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Igihe cyo kohereza: Nzeri-07-2019