John C. Giraudo

**John Charles Giraudo** ( an haife shie 2 ga watan  Oktoba,  shekara ta 1923 - 17 ga Yuni, 1996) ya kasance babban janar na Sojojin Sama na kasar  Amurka. Yana daya daga cikin 'yan Amurkawa da aka harbe su kuma aka kama su a matsayin fursunonin yaki a lokuta biyu, na farko a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu kuma a lokacin Yaƙin Koriya.

## Rayuwa ta farko da Yaƙin Duniya na II
An haifi John Giraudo a ranar 2 ga Oktoba, 1923, a Santa Barbara, California . Yana halartar kwaleji a Santa Barbara lokacin da An kai hari kan Pearl Harbor a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1941. Giraudo daga baya ya bar kwaleji kuma ya shiga cikin Sojojin Sama na Amurka a ranar 25 ga Maris, 1942, kuma ya shiga Shirin Horar da Cadet na Jirgin Sama.

A ranar 10 ga Maris, 1943, an ba da izini ga Giraudo a matsayin mataimakin na biyu kuma an ba shi fuka-fukansa masu tashi. An sanya Giraudo a cikin 720th Bombardment Squadron a Alamogordo Army Air Field, New Mexico, inda ya tashi B-17 Flying Fortresses da B-24 Liberators. A ƙarshen 1943, Giraudo ya kasance jagora na ƙungiyar da ke aiki tare da Sojojin Sama na goma sha biyar a cikin Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Bahar Rum.

A ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, 1944, Kyaftin Giraudo yana tashi da B-24 a kan aikin bama-bamai a kan Regensburg a Bavaria, Jamus. An harbe jirgin saman Giraudo kuma sojojin Jamus sun kama shi kuma suka kai shi Stalag Luft I a Barth .  Zai ciyar da fiye da shekara guda a matsayin fursuna na yaki, har sai sojojin Rasha suka saki sansanin a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1945.

## Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II
Bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II, Giraudo ya zama mataimakin darektan jirgin sama a Mather Air Force Base, California. Yayinda yake can, ya taimaka wajen kafa horo na farko na sau uku (mai tuƙi-mai tuƙi) a cikin Sojojin Sama na Amurka.

Giraudo ya kammala karatu daga Makarantar Air Tactical a 1947 da kuma Makarantar Instructor Pilot a 1948 kafin a haɗa shi da Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Ya taimaka wajen bunkasa shirin jirgin sama na farko a cikin Lockheed T-33. Giraudo sa'an nan ya tashi F-80 Shooting Stars, F-89 Scorpions, da F-94 Starfires a matsayin wani ɓangare na shirin farko na jet interceptor a cikin Sojojin Sama.

A cikin 1950, Giraudo ta kammala karatu daga Makarantar Gunnery ta Aircraft a Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Daga nan aka haɗa shi da ma'aikatan Babban Kwamandan Allied a Turai, Janar Dwight D. Eisenhower, yayin da aka kafa Kungiyar Yarjejeniyar Arewacin Atlantic.

## Yaƙin Koriya
A shekara ta 1952, Manjo Giraudo ya ba da kansa don yin aiki a Koriya. Da ya isa Suwon Air Base a watan Nuwamba 1952, an sanya Giraudo kwamandan jami'in 25th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wing. Giraudo ya harbe MiG-15 guda biyu, kuma mai yiwuwa ya saukar da 1.5 yayin da yake tashi da F-86 Sabre.

Yayinda yake kashe motocin abokan gaba a lokacin aikin yaƙi na 99 a ranar 16 ga Yuni, 1953, jirgin saman Lieutenant Colonel Giraudo ya sami wuta. Giraudo ya yi ƙoƙari ya kula da F-86 zuwa teku, amma an tilasta masa fitar da mil daya kawai daga ruwa. Giraudo ya sauka kusa da sojojin abokan gaba kuma ya sami nasarar tserewa daga gare su lokacin da jirgin ruwa a cikin kayan aikinsa na tsira ya kumbura ba zato ba tsammani. An harbe shi a kafaɗarsa kuma sojojin abokan gaba sun kama shi a karo na biyu. Mai Ruwa da Giraudo, Marine Major John Glenn, ya kewaye yankin na wani lokaci yayin da sojojin Koriya ta Arewa suka ɓoye Giraudo daga gani.

An kai Giraudo sansanin fursunoni, kodayake ba danginsa ko Sojojin Sama sun san cewa an kama shi kuma yana da rai ba. An tsare shi har zuwa Oktoba 1953, lokacin da aka dawo da shi a lokacin Operation Big Switch .   

## Ayyukansa da rayuwarsa na baya
Bayan kammala karatunsa daga Kwalejin Yakin Kasa a shekarar 1964, an tura Giraudo zuwa Wheelus Air Base, Libya. Daga 1965 zuwa 1967, an sanya shi a Spangdahlem Air Base a Yammacin Jamus, daga ƙarshe ya zama kwamandan jami'in 49th Tactical-Fighter Wing.

A watan Agustan 1967, an sanya Giraudo a Takhli Air Base a Thailand a matsayin kwamandan 355th Tactical-Fighter Wing. A cikin watanni 12 masu zuwa, Giraudo ya tashi yaƙi 100 a lokacin Yaƙin Vietnam, ciki har da 77 a Arewacin Vietnam.

An ci gaba da Giraudo zuwa babban janar a shekarar 1970, kuma ya dauki kwamandan rundunar sojin saman goma sha bakwai a Jamus daga 1973 zuwa 1975. Ya yi ritaya a MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1977.  John C. Giraudo ya mutu daga bugun jini a ranar 17 ga Yuni, 1996, a asibitin Palms na Pasadena a St. Petersburg, Florida.

## Kyaututtuka da kayan ado
Kyaututtukan Maj Gen Giraudo sun hada da: 

## Dubi kuma

* Charles Lee Harrison
* Richard P. Keirn
* Felix J. McCool

## manazarta

### Bayani