nguJeremy Kuzmarov kunye noRoger Peace, ngo-Oktobha 9, 2017
Kwi-2008, iCongress yadlulisela umthetho oyalela iPentagon ukuba iqalise iminyaka eyi-13 isikhumbuzo yeMfazwe yaseVietnam, eqala ngoSuku lweSikhumbuzo, ngoMeyi 28, 2012, kwaye iqukumbela ngoSuku lwama-Veterans, ngoNovemba 11, 2025. ICongress yabelwe i-65 yezigidi zeedola ukuze iPentagon ifikelele kwizikolo nakwiikholeji ngomyalezo wokuthand' izwe ukuba iMelika kufuneka "ibulele kwaye hlonipha amagqala emfazwe.”
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iKomiti yeSikhumbuzo sePentagon iqokelele ngaphezulu kwe-10,800 yemisitho yoluntu. Ikomiti ithathe indlela ephantsi, ifuna amaqabane azimiseleyo kunokuba icele umngeni kwabagxeki bemfazwe. Ukuphelelisa le ndlela yindlela yexesha elifutshane kakhulu lembali kwiwebhusayithi yekomiti. Ixesha lika-1945-54, umzekelo, ligutyungelwe ngezivakalisi ezifutshane ezilishumi elinesibini.
The indawo yolwamkelo kwifilimu kaKen Burns kunye noLynn Novick wefilimu ngeMfazwe yaseVietnam yenza kucace ukuba kutheni iPentagon ithathe indlela enjalo. I-Burns-Novick yeeyure ezili-18 yesaga ibangele ukugxekwa okukhulu kwiingcali zembali. UBob Buzzanco wabhala ukuba abenzi befilimu babenesihloko esithi, "Amabali abantu ababeseVietnam Ngexesha leMfazwe," bekuya kuba ncinane ukukhalaza malunga. Kodwa ibhengezwa njengembali yemfazwe, kwaye apho kulele eyona ngxaki inkulu. Amabali amajoni anika iingcamango ezichukumisayo nemifanekiso yeendleko zomntu edabini, kodwa akayiphenduli imibuzo emikhulu malunga nesizathu sokuba ubukhosi buhlasele amazwe amancinane buze buwavuthele emva kweXesha Eliqhelekileyo.”
Iinkolelo eziqhelekileyo zixhaphakile kulo mboniso bhanyabhanya, nokuba ngamajoni asebenzisa iziyobisi okanye ngamatshantliziyo oxolo aphatha kakubi amajoni ase-US. UJeffrey Kimball wabhala, "Inkcazo yabo yokuvela kunye nokuziphendukela kwemfazwe yase-US ngexesha leMfazwe yesiBini ye-Indochina - eyaziwa ngokuba yiMfazwe yaseMelika (ca. 1954-1974) - ayichanekanga, ayichanekanga, ayiphelelanga, kwaye imbi ngokusisiseko."
Amatshantliziyo oxolo, amagqala kunye nababhali bembali phakathi kwabo, kudala besenza iinzame zokulungisa ezi ngcamango zigwenxa nokuseka umbono wabo wemfazwe njengengekho sikweni nengeyomfuneko. Emva kokufunda ngesigunyaziso sePentagon ngoSeptemba ka-2014, ababesakuba ngabavukeli beMfazwe yaseVietnam badala iKomiti yeSikhumbuzo soXolo lwaseVietnam (VPCC). Injongo yayo "kukubeka esweni imisebenzi yePentagon, ucele umngeni kubo xa kuyimfuneko, kwaye uphakamise esidlangalaleni indima yombutho ochasene nemfazwe ekupheliseni imfazwe."
Amalungu eVPCC adibene namagosa ePentagon kwaye anikezela ngegalelo lawo. Ezi nzame zibangele ukuba a ENew York Times inqaku ngoNovemba ka-2016 enesihloko esithi “Amatsha ntliziyo afuna ukuboniswa ngokwenyani kweMfazwe yaseVietnam kwiWebhusayithi yePentagon,” kwaye ikhokelele ekubeni iPentagon iphinde ibhale kwakhona ixesha layo laseVietnam. Umgca wexesha uqale waqaqamba malunga nendyikityha yokufa kukaMy Lai, wayibiza ngokuba "Sisiganeko sam saseLai."
I-VPCC iphinde yaxhasa inkomfa eWashington ngoMeyi 2015, enesihloko esithi "Vietnam: Amandla oqhanqalazo. Ukuthetha iNyaniso. Ukufunda Izifundo.” Kwakukho abantu abangaphezu kwama-600.
Enye iVPCC Nkomfa icwangciswe ngo-Oktobha 20-21, i-2017, isiganeko sosuku esiya kukhumbula iminyaka engama-50 yoMatshi owaziwayo kwiPentagon. Izithethi ziya kujongana nomxholo wembali kwaye zikhumbule isiganeko ngokwaso. Esinye isihloko sengxoxo iya kuba “Luluhlu lwe-PBS kunye neZifundo ezingafundiweyo.” Phakathi kwabaxhasi balo msitho ngababhali-mbali boXolo kunye neDemokhrasi, iNtsebenziswano yamaQhinga aMazwe ngaMazwe eAsia kwiYunivesithi yaseGeorge Washington, kunye namagqala oXolo. Lo msitho uvulelekile kuluntu. Iindleko yi-$25 kunye ne-$10 yesidlo sasemini ngoMgqibelo.
Kuninzi okubhaliweyo malunga neMfazwe yaseVietnam ngokweendlela ezahlukeneyo. Isincoko sethu ngemfazwe, esibhalelwe nguJohn Marciano, sivavanya injongo kunye nokuziphatha kwemfazwe ngokwembono yethiyori yemfazwe. Amagama angama-80,000 uxwebhu iquka imifanekiso engaphezu kwama-200. Phantse isinye kwisithathu sizinikele kwintshukumo echasene nemfazwe. Ibhalelwe iwebhusayithi yemithombo evulekileyo kunye noluntu ngokubanzi engqondweni, siye sazama ukwakha kubungqina bamaPhepha ePentagon, sacela ukuqonda kongasekhoyo uMarilyn Young, kwaye sivavanye imfazwe ngokwembono kaMartin Luther King Jr. .
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UJeremy Kuzmarov ngumbhali we Intsomi yoMkhosi oMbiweyo: iVietnam kunye neMfazwe yale mihla ngeziyobisi (IYunivesithi yaseMassachusetts Press, 2009), phakathi kweminye imisebenzi. URoger Peace ngumnxibelelanisi we website, "Imbali yoMgaqo-nkqubo wase-United States wangaphandle kunye neSikhokelo seZibonelelo."
