Felix Smith wuxuu u duulay "Hump" oo ka sarreeya Himalayas intii lagu jiray dagaalkii labaad ee aduunka, wuxuu la socday hogaamiyaha Tigers Flying ee caanka ah ee Shiinaha ka dib, sanado badanna wuxuu tijaabiyay diyaarad waxa uu noqon lahaa CIA-da Air America ee Shiinaha, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam iyo Laos -- si qurux badan loo toogto inta ay hawsha socoto.
Waxa uu guursaday inantii ayeeyo u ahayd boqorkii ugu dambeeyay ee Okinawa ka dibna waxa uu ahaa agaasimaha hawlgallada ee South Pacific Island Airways ee Hawaii.
Waxaa laga yaabaa in aan la yaab lahayn, markaa, markii dambaska Smith laga firdhiyey xeebta Oahu usbuucii hore, in wakiil hore oo CIA ah, duuliye diyaaradeed oo Air America ah, halyeey duuliyihii dagaalkii labaad ee aduunka iyo shakhsiyaad kale oo midab leh.
"Maya. 1, waxa uu ahaa qof cajiib ah - cajiib ah in la joogo. Iyo duuliyaha weyn," ayuu yiri saaxiib dheer iyo duuliye Glen Van Ingen, oo yaqaan Smith ilaa dabayaaqadii 1960-yadii oo sidoo kale u duulay Air America.
"Haddii aad ka timid magaalo yar oo ku taal Wisconsin oo aad rabto inaad aragto aduunka, ma aadan qaban karin shaqo ka fiican," Van Ingen, 86, ayaa yiri Smith.
Smith ayaa ku dhintay Oct. 3, 2018, magaalada Milwaukee da'da 100. Saxiib Clark Hatch, oo ku nool Honolulu, ayaa sheegay in rabitaankiisii ugu dambeeyay uu ahaa in dambaskiisu ku kala firdhiyo Pacific ee agagaarka Hawaii.
Xaaskiisa, Junko Smith, ayaa sheegtay in ninkeedu uu "waqtiga ugu wanaagsan" ku noolaa Hawaii 21 sano, laga bilaabo dabayaaqadii 1970-yadii.
Waxa uu "jeclaa Hawaii," ayay tiri ka dib adeeggii xusuusta ee saarnaa gooyaha Ilaalada Xeebaha Oliver Berry."(Wuxuu had iyo jeer odhan jiray) gurigiisa waa Hawaii, waxaan ku haysanay nolol aad iyo aad u wanaagsan Hawaii."
Lt. cmdr.Kenneth Franklin, oo markaa ahaa taliyaha gooyaha, ayaa yidhi, "Felix Smith wuxuu u adeegay dalka, Ilaalada Xeebuhuna waxay ku faanaan inay sharfaan nolosha kuwa u adeegaya qaranka."
Smith waxa uu ka sheekeeyay noloshiisii duulista -- walxaha xiisaha caalamiga ah iyo tacaburrada -- buugiisa, "Pilot China: Flying for Chennault during the Cold War."Waxa uu markii hore u duulay Gaadiidka Cirka ee Rayidka, kaas oo ka mid noqday CIA-da Air America.
Hay'adda sirdoonku waxay go'aansatay inay u baahan tahay awoodda gaadiidka cirka ee Aasiya, 1950-kiina waxay si qarsoodi ah u iibsatay hantida Gaadiidka Cirka.
Maamulaha diyaaradda "CAT" ayaa shaaca ka qaaday in duuliyayaashu aysan ku xusin magaca CIA-da taa beddelkeedana ay tahay inay u tixraacaan wakiillada "macaamiisha."
Intii uu socday dagaalkii Kuuriya, Smith waxaa loo qorsheeyay inuu u duulo Saipan.Markii uu soo gaadhay Saldhigga Ciidanka Cirka ee Andersen ee Guam, Sarkaal ka tirsan Ciidanka Cirka ayaa jiidhay Jeep-giisa oo istaagay oo dalbaday, "Waa maxay jahannamada aad halkan ku samaynayso?"Smith wuxuu ku yidhi buugiisa.
"Kahor intaanan soo saarin jawaab ixtiraam leh, nin hub siday ayaa soo kaxeeyey ilaa 15 qof oo rayid ah oo wata shaarar aloha ah ama khakis caadi ah, koofiyadaha 10-gallon ah, koofiyadaha qorraxda ama koofiyadaha aan lahayn, kabaha cowboy, kabo caag ah ama kabaha teniska," ayuu qoray.
Duulimaadka soo laabashada, Smith waxa uu duulay sagaal rakaab ah oo indho-xidhan -- dhammaan muwaadiniin Shiinees ah oo loo tababaray basaasnimo - iyo saddex "macmiil."Dhawaqa hawada degdega ah ee qolka ku dhex yaacaya ayaa u sheegay in albaabkii weynaa la furay oo la xidhay.
"Waxba ma odhan, laakiin waxaan ogaaday, ka dib markii ay soo degtay, in siddeed rakaab ah oo kaliya ay soo degeen. Waxaan u maleynayay in macaamiishayadu ay heleen wakiil labajibbaaran," Smith ayaa qoray.
Dhammaadkii Dagaalkii Labaad ee Adduunka, Smith waxa uu ahaa duuliye la socday Shirkadda Duulimaadka Qaranka ee Shiinaha oo ka hoos shaqaynaysay ciidamada Maraykanka.
Gen. Claire Chennault, oo ka dambeeyay Flying Tigers, koox duuliyeyaal iskaa wax u qabso ah oo Mareykan ah oo Jabbaan kula dagaallamay Shiinaha, ayaa bilaabay Gaadiidka Cirka Rayidka si ay u daboolaan baahiyaha Shiinaha ka dib.
Smith waa la shaqaaleysiiyay, 1946-kiina wuxuu u duulay Hawaii si uu u soo gaarsiiyo diyaarado dheeri ah si uu u bilaabo diyaaradda.
"Markii aan tagnay Wheeler Field, waxaan ku dhaygagnay qabuuro ay diyaaraduhu ku dhinteen," ayuu ku yiri buugiisa."15 Curtis C-46s waxay u ekaayeen maroodi qudhuntay."
CAT waxay la shaqaynaysay xisbiga wadaniga ah ee Shiinaha ee uu madax ka yahay Chiang Kai-Shek.Hal tusaale oo ka mid ah hawlgallo dhowr ah, Smith wuxuu tijaabiyay dhibco hawo ah oo naxaas ah oo loogu talagalay daboolka qolofka iyo bariiska Taiyuan ee Shiinaha markii Ciidanka Cas la xiray.
"Waxay qaadatay dhowr baas si loo soo saaro bariiska oo dhan. Kubadaha Golf-ka ee cas -- raadraacayaasha qoryaha -- ayaa naga hooseeya," ayuu qoray.
CAT waxay u rartay Bank of China bullion lacag ah Hong Kong ka hor inta uusan Chiang ka dhigin Taiwan kursiga xisbiga Kuomintang.
Jack DeTour, oo degan Honolulu iyo duuliye dagaalkii labaad ee aduunka ee B-25, ayaa dib u xasuustay kulankii Smith markii kii hore uu u duulay Filibiin si uu ugu tababaro duuliyayaasha CAT ee C-119 "Flying Boxcar" si uu u caawiyo Faransiiska ee Vietnam.
"Waxaan ku qiimeeyay Felix inuu yahay mid ka mid ah duuliyayaasha ugu wanaagsan ee aan abid eego," ayuu dib u xusuustay DeTour, oo ku jiray gooyaha Ilaalada Xeebaha adeegga xusuusta.
Smith waxa uu diyaarada C-47 u duulay kana soo baxay Vientiane ee Laos ilaa tuulooyinka Hmong halkaas oo ay hubku ka mid yihiin qaans-is-goysyada iyo qoryaha fudfudud.Mid ka mid ah duullimaadyada waxa uu bam-gacmeedyo u waday ciidammada boqortooyada, mid kalena, bariis u socday Hay'adda Horumarinta Caalamiga ah ee Maraykanka.
Buuggiisii 1995, Smith wuxuu ku qoray in "dib u soo noqoshada Galbeedka dhabta ah, sannado ka fog 'Alice in Wonderland's' topsy-turvy domain, waxaan xasuusta ku hayaa dabadooda, anigoo la yaaban haddii waxyaalahaas qariibka ah ay dhab ahaantii dhaceen. waji gaboobay."
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Waqtiga post: Dec-02-2019