Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo

**Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo** (an haife ta a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 1918) ma'aikaciyar jinya ce 'yar asalin ƙasar Sin, mai fassara likitanci, kuma tsohuwar ma'aikaciyar Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu da aka fi sani da aikinta a matsayin laftanar ta farko a Rundunar Ma'aikatan Jinya ta Sojojin Amurka . Ita ce 'yar asalin ƙasar Sin ta farko da ta yi aiki a Rundunar. A shekarar 2020, ta sami lambar zinare ta Majalisar Dokoki .

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Elsie Chin a ranar 14 ga Satumba, 1918, a Stockton, California, 'yar baƙin haure 'yan ƙasar Sin waɗanda ke gudanar da kasuwancin kayan abinci na shigo da kaya da fitar da kayayyaki.  Tun tana ƙarama, ta halarci makarantun gwamnati na gida, ta je makarantar Sin da daddare, kuma ta kasance mai himma a sansanin 'yan sanda .   A shekarar 1931, a tsakiyar mawuyacin halin tattalin arziki, iyalinta sun koma Xinhui a lardin Guangdong, China.  A can, ta halarci makarantar sakandare ta Pooi To a Guangzhou na tsawon shekaru shida. A watan Oktoba na 1938, ta fara koyon aikin jinya a Makarantar Koyon Aikin Jinya ta Asibitin Queen Mary da ke Burtaniya a Hong Kong .  

## Sabis na Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu
Bayan mamayar da Japan ta kai wa Hong Kong a ranar 8 ga Disamba, 1941, Seetoo ta zama ma'aikaciyar jinya a asibiti a lokacin yaƙi, tana kula da waɗanda suka mutu da kuma sojojin da suka ji rauni a harin Japan, yayin da take ci gaba da karatunta a Asibitin Sarauniya Mary.    A ranar 10 ga Disamba, 1941, ta sami takardar shaidar asibiti a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jinya mai rijista.  Yayin da take aiki a Asibitin Sarauniya Mary, Seetoo ta kula da 'yar jaridar Amurka Agnes Smedley, wacce ta ba ta labarin Hukumar Agajin Lafiya ta Red Cross ta China. 

Bayan da Hong Kong ta faɗa hannun gwamnatin Japan kuma Asibitin Sarauniya Mary ya zama asibitin sojoji da Japan ke kula da shi, Seetoo ta tsere zuwa babban yankin China, duk da ƙin amincewar da iyalinta suka yi a farko.   Saboda ba a ba wa ma'aikatan lafiya izinin barin Hong Kong da Japan ta mamaye a lokacin ba, ta ɓoye kanta a matsayin manomi, ta yi tafiya da kwale-kwale, babbar mota, da ƙafa (gami da tafiya sama da mil 700) don isa Free China .  

Bayan ta isa Guiyang a watan Afrilun 1942, Seetoo ta haɗu da Robert Lim, darektan ƙungiyar agajin lafiya ta Red Cross ta ƙasar Sin, wanda ya ba ta aiki. Ta fara aiki a ɗakin tiyata na wani asibiti mai alaƙa da Red Cross, daga baya kuma ta horar da ma'aikatan lafiya. [1] A ƙarshen 1942, an tura ta sansanin Ramgarh, Indiya, don horar da sojojin China kan ayyukan agajin gaggawa da hanyoyin magani. A lokacin da take can, ta rubuta cewa "rayuwar da ta yi a cikin watanni huɗu da suka gabata a Indiya ta taurare ni sosai." [2] [3]

A ranar 17 ga Yuni, 1944, Seetoo ta shiga Rundunar Ma'aikatan Jinya ta Sojojin Amurka, inda ta zama ma'aikaciyar jinya ta farko 'yar asalin kasar Sin da Amurka da ta yi hakan.    An nada ta a matsayin Laftanar ta farko kuma ta yi aiki da Rundunar Sojojin Sama ta 14, Kwamandan Rundunar Sojojin Sama.  Domin ta sami mukaminta, an bukaci ta yi rantsuwar amincewa da kuma rantsuwar yin murabus saboda ta yi aiki da Kungiyar Agajin Gaggawa ta Kasar Sin (duk da cewa an haife ta a Amurka).   Ayyukanta sun hada da Asibitin Tasha na 95 da ke Kunming da Chengdu, Asibitin Janar na 172 da ke Shanghai, da Asibitin Janar na Letterman da ke San Francisco.  Ta yi aiki har zuwa lokacin da aka sallame ta a watan Mayu 1946. 

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