Theodore Kanamine

Theodore Shigeru Kanamine (29 ga Agusta, 1929 - 2 ga Maris, 2023) ya kasance birgediya janar na rundunar sojin Amurka kuma janar na farko na Amurkawa 'yan Japan da ke aiki a rundunar sojin Amurka . Yana aiki a 'yan sandan soja, ya jagoranci binciken kisan kiyashin My Lai a shekarar 1968. 

An haifi Kanamine da iyalinsa a California, an tura shi sansanin yarin fursunoni tun yana ɗan shekara 12.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Kanamine a Hollywood, California, a ranar 29 ga Agusta, 1929. Iyayensa baƙi ne 'yan asalin Japan da Amurka kuma yana da ƙanwarsa.  A shekara ta 1942, yana da shekaru 12, an tsare Kanamine da iyalinsa a sansanin ɗaurin kurkuku a Jerome, Arkansas bayan sanya hannu kan Dokar Zartarwa 9066. Bayan an sake su, iyalin sun ƙaura zuwa Nebraska .  Ya halarci Jami'ar Nebraska, inda ya yi karatun ilimin halayyar laifuka; daga baya ya yi rajista a Kwalejin Shari'a ta jami'ar, ya kammala karatunsa a 1954.  A wannan shekarar, ya auri Mary Stuben, wata daliba da ta kammala karatun digiri. Saboda dokokin jihar Nebraska da ke hana auren jinsi, ma'auratan sun yi aure a Council Bluffs, Iowa . 

 Sana'a 
Bayan ya zama Laftanar na biyu ta hanyar horar da Jami'an Tsaro, Kanamine ya shiga aiki tare da rundunar 'yan sanda ta soja a 1955. Daga baya ya yi aiki da Rundunar Taimakon Soja, Vietnam a Saigon kuma ya shiga cikin Tet Offensive .  Ya jagoranci binciken kisan kiyashin My Lai ; lamarin da ya faru a 1968 ya ga sojoji daga Rundunar Sojoji ta 23 sun kashe ɗaruruwan mutane marasa makamai. A lokacin aikinsa, Kanamine ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimaki ga Janar Creighton Abrams, wanda ya ba da shawarar a ƙara masa matsayi zuwa Brigadier Janar.  A 1979, yayin da yake matsayin shugaban rundunar sojojin Amurka, Turai da rundunar sojojin Amurka ta Bakwai, ya jagoranci ƙoƙarin yaƙi da shan miyagun ƙwayoyi tsakanin sojojin Amurka a Jamus .  Bayan ya dawo Amurka kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban ma'aikata na rundunar soja ta farko, ya yi ritaya a 1981.  

Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1929