Carmen Vazquez Rivera

**Carmen Maria Vazquez Rivera de Figueroa**  (15 ga Fabrairu, 1922 - 8 ga Maris, 2025) jami'ar sojojin Amurka da sojojin sama ta Puerto Rico ce kuma ma'aikaciyar jinya wacce ta yi aiki a yakin duniya na biyu da yakin Koriya . Ita ce matar ɗan siyasan Puerto Rico, lauya, likita, kuma malami Leopoldo Figueroa .

## Shekarun farko da kuma asali
An haifi Carmen Maria Vazquez Rivera a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu, 1922, a Cidra, Puerto Rico .  Vazquez 'yar Maria Engracia Rivera y Rodriguez ce da Nicasio Vazquez Noguera.  Ita ce 'yar fari a cikin 'ya'ya shida, kuma 'yar'uwar ɗan kasuwan yankin Cidra mai suna Manuel Rivera, ɗan'uwan Maria Engracia. Carmen da 'yan uwanta Nicasio, Laura, Roberto, Jose da Carola, an haife su a Cidra. 

### Aikin likita
A shekarar 1938, Vazquez ta yanke shawarar ci gaba da aikin likitanci tana da shekaru 16, kuma ta fara karatu don zama ma'aikaciyar jinya.  Ta fara karatun aikin jinya a Escuela del Distrito de Bayamón, inda ta kammala karatunta a shekarar 1942.  Daga nan ta ci gaba da karatunta da kwas a fannin kula da mata masu juna biyu daga Asibitin de la Capital de San Juan. A can ta yi aiki a wurare da dama, ciki har da likitan maganin sa barci, mai kula da dakin tiyata na mata masu juna biyu, da kuma mai koyar da ma'aikatan jinya na mata masu juna biyu. A wannan lokacin ta kuma shiga Red Cross .  Baya ga ilimin aikin jinya, Vazquez ta kuma karanci Tattalin Arzikin Gida daga Jami'ar Puerto Rico .

## Aikin soja

### Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu
A farkon shigar Amurka a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, Rundunar Sojojin Amurka da Rundunar Ma'aikatan Jinya ta Sojojin Ruwa ba su karɓi ma'aikatan jinya na Puerto Rico ba.  An sauya wannan matsayin a watan Afrilun 1944, kuma Vazquez ta shiga Rundunar Sojojin Amurka a shekarar farko a watan Disamba a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jinya. Ta yi aiki cikin sauri a cikin manyan mukamai da dama, ciki har da zama Shugabar Ma'aikatan Jinya mai kula da sashen ƙashi na San Juan's Fort Brooke kuma ta riƙe matsayin Laftanar na Biyu.   Sauran ayyukan Vazquez sun haɗa da yin aiki a matsayin mai kula da ɗakin tiyata na mataimaki, mai koyar da ma'aikatan jinya na taimako, da kuma yin haihuwar sama da haihuwa 100. 

Bayan ƙarshen yaƙin, Vazquez ta zama tsohuwar jaruma bayan hidimarta ta lokacin yaƙi kuma ta sami wasiƙa da aka sanya wa hannu daga Shugaba Truman . [1] Ta kuma haɗu da Truman da kanta a bikin nasarar Yaƙin Duniya na II da aka gudanar a Washington DC a ƙarshen yaƙin. [2] Daga baya aka mayar da ita Asibitin Trinidad a shekarar 1946, bayan haka aka sallame ta daga aiki cikin girmamawa aka mayar da ita aikin jinya na farar hula. [3]

### Yaƙin Koriya

A shekarar 1953, an sake ɗaukar Vazquez aiki a rundunar soji a lokacin Yaƙin Koriya . A karo na biyu na aikinta, an ƙara wa Vazquez matsayi zuwa Laftanar na Farko kuma ta yi aiki a Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Amurka .    A lokacin da take tare da Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Amurka, Vazquez ta lashe gasar kyau ta mata a cikin rundunar soji. A lokacin bikin naɗin sarauta, mawaƙiya Elvis Presley ta kasance a wurin kuma ta yi wa jama'a wasa. A matsayinta na wacce ta yi nasara, Vazquez ta yi rawa na ɗan lokaci tare da Presley a lokacin wasan kwaikwayonsa kuma za ta ci gaba da riƙe tiara da aka naɗa ta a matsayin abin tunawa har zuwa mutuwarta.  Bayan aikinta na rundunar sojin sama, Vazquez ta ci gaba da zama a rundunar ma'aikatan jinya ta rundunar sojin sama ta Amurka tare da rundunar sojojin sama na tsawon shekaru 20, ta yi ritaya daga aikin soja a shekarar 1973. 

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