Leland Kirkemo

Leland Erwin Kirkemo (28 ga Mayu 1920 - 23 ga Satumba 2010) ya kasance kyaftin din sojan ruwa na Amurka. A matsayinsa na skipper na jirgin ruwa na USS Iwo Jima a shekarar 1970, shi ne ke da alhakin dawo da jirgin saman Apollo 13 da ma'aikata.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Leland Erwin Kirkemo a garin Wahena, Cass County, Minnesota, a ranar 28 ga Mayu 1920, ɗan Thorleif Kirkemo da matarsa Lena (née Lone). Mahaifinsa baƙo ne daga Norway wanda ya isa Amurka a 1903 tare da iyalinsa. Kirkemo ya girma ne a Itasca County, Minnesota, inda mahaifinsa ya kasance mai aika wasiku kuma mahaifiyarsa malamar makaranta ce wacce ke koyarwa a ƙaramin makarantar ɗaki ɗaya. Ya tafi makarantar sakandare ta Deer River, inda ya kammala a 1936. Ayyuka sun kasance da wuya a samu a lokacin Babban Mawuyacin hali, kuma ya sami aiki tare da Civilian Conservation Corps, shirin agaji da gwamnatin tarayya ke gudanarwa.

 Ayyukan Sojan Ruwa 
A watan Fabrairun 1942, ba da daɗewa ba bayan Amurka ta shiga yakin duniya na biyu, Kirkemo ya shiga cikin Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka. Da farko an horar da shi a matsayin mai aiki da rediyo, amma daga nan aka zaba shi don horar da jirgin sama a Jacksonville, Florida."Leland Kirkemo Obituary – Oak Harbor, Washington". Whidbey Memorial Funeral & Cremation Service, Inc. Retrieved 5 September 2021. An ba shi izini a matsayin ensign kuma ya zama mai jirgin sama a cikin 1944. Ya yi aiki tare da VPB-197, VPB-102 da VPHL-106.  A lokacin hutu don ziyartar iyayensa a Minnesota,  ya sadu da Louise Faye Liermann, ma'aikaciyar jinya ta Soja.  Louise daga baya ta yi aiki a Philippines da Japan a kan ma'aikatan Janar na Sojoji Douglas MacArthur. Bayan yakin ya ƙare, Kirkemo ya yanke shawarar kasancewa a cikin Sojan Ruwa, kuma ya auri Louise. Sun yi aure a Knapp, Dunn County, Wisconsin, a ranar 25 ga watan Agusta 1946. Suna da 'yar da maza biyu.

 Rayuwa ta baya 
A aikinsa na ƙarshe, a matsayin shugaban ma'aikatan Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Kirkemo ya zauna a Oak Harbor, Washington. Shi da matarsa suna son yankin sosai har bayan ya yi ritaya daga Sojan Ruwa a watan Yulin 1975,  sun zaɓi su zauna a can. Ya kasance memba na Oak Harbor Rotary Club, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin shugabanta daga 1983 zuwa 1984. Ya kuma shiga cikin Navy League, Deception Pass Power Squadron, da Oak Harbor Yacht Club. Ya mutu a ranar 23 ga Satumba 2010 bayan dogon gwagwarmaya da Cutar Parkinson, kuma an binne shi a Kabari na Kasa na Tahoma a King County, Washington.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2010
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1920