John A. Hemphill

John Allen Hemphill (19 ga Disamba, 1927 - 21 ga Mayu, 2021) ya kasance babban janar a cikin Sojojin Amurka. Ya yi aiki a matsayin Darakta na Ayyuka (J-3) na Kwamandan Shirye-shiryen Amurka. Ya kammala karatu a shekarar 1951 a Kwalejin Sojan Amurka tare da digiri na BS a kimiyyar soja.

An ba Hemphill lambar yabo ta Distinguished Service Cross saboda ayyukansa a ranar 17 ga Afrilu 1953 kusa da Chorwon, Koriya. A matsayinsa na kwamandan Kamfanin I, 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Division, ya jagoranci wani hari don sake samun matsayi na tsaunuka. Ko da yake ya ji rauni a ƙafafu biyu, Hemphill ya caji wani bindiga mai linzami tare da mai jefa roket kuma ya harba makami guda ɗaya ta hanyar ƙanƙanin buɗewa daga kimanin yadudduka ashirin, ya kashe mazauna. Kodayake daga baya ya sake ji rauni, ya ki a kwashe shi har sai bayan an tabbatar da tudun. Hemphill ya kuma sami lambobin tagulla guda biyu da Purple Hearts guda biyu don hidimarsa a lokacin Yaƙin Koriya.

Hemphill ta kammala karatu daga Makarantar Ci gaba ta Sojoji a shekara ta 1957, Kwalejin Air Command da Staff a shekara ta 1961 da Kwalejin Sojojin Sojoji. Daga baya ya kuma kammala karatu daga Kwalejin Yakin Sojojin Amurka.

A matsayinsa na Lieutenant Colonel a shekarar 1966, Hemphill ya jagoranci 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) a lokacin yawon shakatawa na farko a Vietnam. An ba shi wata lambar yabo ta Bronze Star da kuma lambar yabo ta Air guda goma sha ɗaya.

A matsayinsa na Colonel daga 1968 zuwa 1969, Hemphill ya umarci Brigade na 3, 9th Infantry Division a lokacin yawon shakatawa na biyu a Vietnam. An ba shi lambobin azurfa guda biyu, biyu Distinguished Flying Crosses, biyu Bronze Star Medals, na uku Purple Heart da kuma tara Air Medals.

Bayan mutuwarsa, an binne Hemphill a Kabari na West Point a ranar 23 ga watan Agusta, 2021.

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Rukuni:Matattun 2021
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1927