Unyaka ka-1967 wawunyaka womlando wokwenza. EVietnam, amabutho aseSouth naseSouth Vietnam abamba amabutho aseCong Cong eMekong Delta, kuyilapho abaphikisi baseVietnam behlasela iWashington, DC kanye noThugood Marshall bafungelwe njengobulungisa bokuqala beNkantolo eNkulu e-United States.
Akufanele kukhishwe, i-Marine Corps Logistics Base BaseBarstow (eCalifornia) yenza umlando ngokwawo ngokusungula i-Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard , ehlala yilabo kuphela abalindi bombala e- Marine Corps namuhla.
Umkhumbi ogama lakhe uLt Col. Robert Lindsley, waseMelika Marine Corps umhlalaphansi , wabuya esuka eVietnam ngo-1966 futhi wamiswa njengesikhulu esiphezulu esiphethe iKomidi leZiko Lasezikhungo. Kwakungaleso sikhathi lapho ebona ukuthi izingane zabazali bezempi zenzani ngenjabulo.
"Abanye bezingane ezixhomekile, indodana yami yayihlanganisa, beyothatha amahhashi ezigodini, babeneminyaka engaba ngu-20 ngaleso sikhathi, bese begibela emasontweni lapho bebenabo edolobheni," kusho uLindsley.
"Njengoba ngizijwayele i-Mounted Color Guard eKamp Pendleton, nginqume kunokuba izingane zigibele emasontweni, sizoba nomlindi wombala."
Ukwakhiwa kwe-MCLB Barstow Okubanjwe Umbala Wemibala kwakuhamba kahle kakhulu ukusuka lapho.
"Ngangineminyaka engu-20 ubudala, ngineminyaka engama-20 ubudala," kusho uNkk. "Bengingeke ngibuyele eVietnam isikhathi eside futhi ngisetshenziselwa ukuphoqa izinto."
Ukuze uthole umlindi wombala, uLindsley wayenomhlangano wokuqokwa noKol. Fred Fred, oyisikhulu sabasebenzi ngaleso sikhathi, ngo-6: 30 njalo ekuseni ukugibela. Phakathi nalezo zigibeli, uLindsley wayezomtshela ukuthi ufuna ukwenzani. Ukusuka lapho, kwenziwa amalungiselelo.
Njengoba i-$ 600 izitebhisi ezitholakala kuQuinn, uLindsley waya eSaint George, e-Utah, lapho ayekade ethenga amahhashi, efuna amahhashi afanele izidingo zikaMarine Corps .
"Empeleni, isikhulu esingekho emthethweni esiphethe izitezi nami senyukela eSan Joaquin Valley, Calif. Ngifuna ukuthola amahhashi amnyama kodwa angabatholi," kusho uLindsley. "Ukuthola ubunzima bamnyama kunzima kakhulu, ungathola ihhashi elimnyama elibomvu elibukeka limnyama, kodwa ukuthola kunzima kakhulu amahhashi amnyama afanayo nalawo afanayo.
"Ngakho sithatha imoto kahulumeni eSt. George, e-Utah, lapho (sathenga khona) amahhashi e-palomino, amane alawo esiwabuyisele emuva. Ihhashi lesihlanu esithengile lapha."
Njengoba kufanelekile ngamahhashi aseMarine Corps, abizwa ngezinye zezimpi ezidume kakhulu emlandweni weCorps. Babeyi-Montezuma, i-Tripoli, i-Soissons, iSurabachi ne-Iwo Jima. Kulo lonke lalezi zimpi, iMarines iye yabhekana nesitha esabekayo kodwa yaphela ngokuphumelelayo. Ngokungafani nama-Mustang omlindi wombala namuhla, ukuzaliswa kwamahhashi okuqala akukwaziwa kakhulu.
Konke lokhu kwenzeka ngo-1967. Uma sekuthengwa amahhashi, kwakudingeka basebenze futhi baqeqeshwe ukubhekana nezithiyo ezihlukahlukene abangase bazigijimise ngesikhathi besendleleni.
"Sasisebenza nabo, saqeqeshwa nabo njalonjalo, sishaya amathini amatafula, siphonsa iziqhumane nazo zonke lezi zinto ozenzayo."
Ngokulandelayo, kwakudingeka benze umsebenzi wokuthenga amagoli amahhashi.
Usizo lwaluvela kumuntu ogama lakhe linguArt Manning.
U-Manning wanikeza umlindi wombala ngezingubo ezibomvu ze-saddle ezivela emidlalo yaseshashalazini owasebenzisana naye njengomgibeli we-stunt, okwakungenwe yi-gold trim ezungeze emaphethelweni. ULindsley wathola ama-McClellan ayisihlanu ama-dollar angu-$ 75 ngayinye.
Ngandlela-thile, uLindsley wayefuna ukufaka imibala ye-Marine Corps ibe ngumlindi wombala.
"Uma uthola obomvu negolide yini oyenzayo? Uthola ihhashi legolide elinemifino ebomvu futhi yingakho unama-palominos. I-Golden palominos enezintambo ezibomvu namaMarines ekugqoka ama-blues enza iqembu elibukeka kahle."
Inzuzo eyengeziwe yokwenza i-palominos kulula kakhulu ukuthola ama-palominos afanayo kunokuthola amahhashi amnyama afanayo.
Isigameko sokuqala umlindi wombala waya ku-Ridgecrest, Calif., Ngo-1967. Ukusuka lapho, umlindi wombala owawusekuqaleni wayekhona emasontweni edolobheni, e-Calico kanye naseJermo lapho bephethe ama-rodeos.
Njengoba izwi lomlindi wombala osanda kuhlanganiswa lisakazeka, izitebhisi zithole izimemo zokugibela ezithombeni eziphezulu. Ngesithakazelo esikhulayo, kwafika ukunyuka okuhambayo njengoba indawo egciniwe umgcini wemibala, yakhula ngokuvela emaphoyiseni wendawo ukuhamba noma kuphi phakathi kweSan Diego no-Ohime. Ngenxa yokuthandwa komlindi wombala, inani labagibeli libuye landa ngobukhulu.
Uthi: "Ngesinye isikhathi sinebagibeli abangaba ngu-18," kusho uNavy Corpsman, owesifazane waseMarine, mayelana nezikhulu ezine kanye nabanye.
Ngokuphambene nokubhala okuningi emgqeni wokulinda, akusekelwe yiqembu lezikhulu, kusho uLindsley, esikhundleni salokho esasungulwa yilabo abagibeli bokuqala. Umthetho obaluleke kakhulu womlindi wombala, phakathi nezinsuku zawo zokusungula ngisho nanamuhla, uma umuntu ejoyina lokho engazi ukuthi akwazi ukugibela kanjani, ayeyofundiswa ukuthi angayithola kanjani.
"Sithole le sergeant eyayifuna nje ukujoyina umlindi wombala futhi uzohamba ukusiza ukuhlanza ihhashi nokudweba izinhlanzi ukuze zihambe kanye nathi," esho. "Ngithi akekho indlela, ungumlindi wombala ozothola ukugibela."
Isikhundla asizange, futhi namanje asikho namuhla, sinomqondo wokuthi ngabe iMarine ingaba ngumlindi wombala noma cha.
"Ngitshele wonke umuntu uma ungena, angikhathaleli uma ungumkhakha wokuqala wangasese, isigaba asihlangene naso," kusho uLindsley, "Into ebaluleke kakhulu yokuphatha umbala ukuthi indoda ephakeme izohola umlindi wombala futhi ithwale imibala. "
Lesi yisiko esakha umlindi wombala, usho kanje. Kwakungeyona nje izikhulu kodwa amaMarines azo zonke izigaba.
Namuhla, umlindi ogqamile we-MCLB Barstow uhlala yedwa kuphela wohlobo lwawo eMarine Corps.
"Ngicabanga ngani ngomlindi wombala wanamuhla?" kusho uLindsley. "Ngicabanga ukuthi yinto ehle kakhulu yokugcina e-United States Marine Corps. Uma beke banquma ukuyihambisa, ngizophazamiseka kakhulu ngoba kwakhiwe lapha eBarstow futhi kufanele ihlale lapha eBarstow.
"Ngiyazi izivivinyo nezinsizi okulindeleke ukuthi lo mlindi wombala uhambe. Sasivame ukufaka imali ephuma ku-Special Services ukuthenga ifoni yamahhashi. Amadoda ayeyizisebenzi zokuzithandela; bahamba ngezindleko zabo siqu. Angiyikunika lutho ngaphandle kwekhanda lami kumalungu okuqala futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, njengoba ngijwayelene nomlindi wombala, angikunikezi izigqoko ezimbili kuwo wonke umuntu okhonza lapha manje. "