Chaka cha 1967 chinali chakale pakupanga. Ku Vietnam, asilikali a US ndi a South Vietnam adagwirizana ndi asilikali a Viet Cong ku Mekong Delta, pamene a Protestants a ku Vietnam anamenyana ndi Washington, DC ndi Thurgood Marshall analumbirira kuti anali woyamba wakuweruza ku United States.
Sitiyenera kuchoka, Marine Corps Logistics Base Basstow (California) adapanga mbiri yake mwa kukhazikitsa Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard , yomwe imakhala yokhayokha yotetezedwa ku Marine Corps lero.
Wachilendo dzina lake Lt. Col. Robert Lindsley, US Marine Corps anapuma pantchito , adabwerera kuchokera ku Vietnam mu 1966 ndipo adasankhidwa kukhala mkulu wa komiti ya Centre Stables. Pa nthawi imeneyo anazindikira zomwe ana a makolo achimuna amachita pofuna kusangalatsa.
"Ena mwa ana odalira, mwana wanga wamphatikizapo, angatenge mahatchi kuchokera ku stables, anali ndi zaka pafupifupi 20 panthawiyo, ndipo ankakwera m'zipinda zamtundu uliwonse akapita nawo ku tawuni," anatero Lindsley.
"Pokhala ndikudziŵa bwino mtundu wa Mounted Color Guard ku Camp Pendleton, ndinaganiza m'malo moti ana azisuntha, tikhala ndi ulonda wa mtundu."
Kulengedwa kwa MCLB Barstow Mapiri a Color Guard anali okongola kwambiri kuchokera kumeneko.
"Ndakhala mtsogoleri wa chipani chautetezi, ndipo ndikudabwa kuti mungathe kuchita chiyani, makamaka ngati mutachikakamiza," adatero. "Sindinabwerere ku Vietnam kwa nthawi yayitali ndipo ndinkakonda kukankhira zinthu."
Kuti Lindsley ayambe kuteteza mtundu wa magalasi, adakangana ndi Col. Fred Quinn, mkulu wa antchito panthawiyo, pa 6:30 m'mawa uliwonse kuti ayende. Pakati pa okwerawo, Lindsley amauza koloneli zomwe akufuna kuchita. Kuchokera kumeneko, makonzedwe anapangidwa.
Ndi $ 600 miyala yomwe inatengedwa kuchokera ku Quinn, Lindsley anapita ku Saint George, ku Utah, komwe kale anagula akavalo, pofunafuna mahatchi oyenerera zofunikira za Marine Corps .
"Ndipotu, yemwe sanatumizidwe ndi mtsogoleriyo ndikupita ku San Joaquin Valley, Calif. Ndikuyang'ana kuti ndipeze akavalo wakuda koma sindinapeze nawo," anatero Lindsley. "Kuti mupeze wakuda kwenikweni ndi kovuta kwambiri, mungapeze kavalo wakuda wakuda omwe amawoneka wakuda, koma kupeza mahatchi enieni ndi ofanana ndi ovuta kwambiri.
"Kotero tinatenga galimoto ya boma ku St. George, Utah, kumene (tinagula) mahatchi ena a palomino, anayi omwe tinabweretsako. Hatchi yachisanu yomwe tinagula kuno."
Zokwanira mahatchi a Marine Corps, adatchulidwa nkhondo zina zotchuka m'mbiri ya Corps. Anali Montezuma, Tripoli, Soissons, Surabachi ndi Iwo Jima. Pa nkhondo zonsezi, Marines adakumana ndi mdani woopsa koma adatha kupambana. Mosiyana ndi Mustangs za mtundu woteteza lero, kuswana kwa akavalo apachiyambi sikudziwikiratu.
Zonsezi zinachitika mu 1967. Akavalo atagulidwa, amayenera kugwira nawo ntchito ndi kuphunzitsidwa kuthana ndi zopinga zosiyanasiyana zomwe angayendetse nawo panjira.
"Tinagwira nawo ntchito, tinaphunzitsidwa nawo ndi zina zotero, ndikugwiritsira ntchito zitini zamatini, kuponyera zida zamoto ndi zinthu zonse zomwe mumachita."
Kenaka, anayenera kugwira ntchito yogula zida za akavalo.
Thandizo linabwera kuchokera kwa munthu wotchedwa Art Manning.
Manning anapatsa ulonda wofiira ndi mabulangete a zidole zofiira kuchokera kumaseŵera a kanema omwe ankagwira nawo ntchito ngati wokwera pamahatchi, omwe agolidi a golide anawonjezeredwa m'mphepete mwake. Lindsley ali ndi zisanu zisanu za McClellan za $ 75.
Mwanjira ina, Lindsley ankafuna kuyika mtundu wa Marine Corps kukhala mtundu woteteza.
"Chifukwa chokhala ndi zofiira ndi golide, kodi mumapeza bwanji hatchi ya golide yomwe imakhala ndi zofiira? Ndicho chifukwa chake muli ndi palominos." Golden palominos ndi zofiira zofiira ndipo Marines mu zovala za blues amapanga gulu labwino. "
Kupindula kwina kuti kukhala ndi ma palominos ndikosavuta kupeza malo ofanana kusiyana ndi kupeza mahatchi akuda ofanana.
Choyamba, mtundu wa alonda wopita ku Ridgecrest, Calif., Mu 1967. Kuchokera kumeneko, mlonda wa mtundu woyambirira ankawonekera pamtunda, mumzinda wa Calico ndi Yermo pamene anali ndi maulendo.
Monga mawu a olondera mtundu watsopano omwe amawoneka atangoyambika, miyalayi inali ndi mayitanidwe okwera pazithunzi zamalonda. Chifukwa cha chidwi chochulukirapo, adabwera ulendo wochuluka ngati malo omwe anali otetezedwa ndi mtundu wa mtundu, adakula poyera pamapemphero a kumalo komwe kuli pakati pa San Diego ndi Ohime. Chifukwa cha kutchuka kwa ulonda wa mtundu, chiwerengero cha okwera nawo chinakula kukula.
Iye anati: "Panthaŵi ina tinali ndi okwera 18," tinati, "tinali ndi Navy Corpsman, azimayi aakazi a Marine, ofesi pafupifupi 4 ndipo ena onse analembetsa."
Mosiyana ndi zambiri zolembera pa mtundu woteteza, sizinayambidwe ndi gulu la alonda, anati Lindsley, m'malo mwake adakhazikitsidwa ndi oyendetsa oyamba aja. Ulamuliro wambiri wa mtundu wa ulonda, pa masiku ake oyambirira komanso ngakhale lero, ngati munthu adalumikizana nawo sakudziwa kukwera, angaphunzitsidwe momwe angachitire.
"Ife tinali ndi sergeant uyu yemwe ankafuna kuti alowe nawo woyang'anira mtundu ndipo iye amakhoza kupita limodzi kuti athandize kuyeretsa kavalo ndi kujambula zikhomo kuti aziyenda ndi ife basi," iye anati. "Ine sindinanene njira, iwe ndiwe mtundu wa mtundu womwe umaphunzira kuphunzira."
Chiwerengero sichinali, ndipo lero sichoncho, chiri ndi njira yodziwira ngati Marine akhoza kukhala woyang'anira mtundu kapena ayi.
"Ndinawauza aliyense mutalowa, sindikusamala ngati muli payekha sukulu, udindo ulibe kanthu ndi izo," anatero Lindsley, "chinthu chokhacho chinali chochita ndi mtundu woteteza akuluakulu amatsogolera mtundu wa ulonda komanso amanyamula mitundu. "
Ichi ndi chikhalidwe chomwe chinapanga mtundu woteteza, adatero. Sizinali maofti okha koma a Marines onse.
Masiku ano, mtundu wa MCLB Barstow wokhala ndi mtundu umodzi wokhawo umakhala mtundu umodzi mwa Marine Corps.
"Kodi ndikuganiza chiyani za mtundu wa alonda lero?" anati Lindsley. "Ndikuganiza kuti ndi chinthu chabwino kwambiri chotsiriza ku United States Marine Corps. Ngati atasankha kusunthira, ndidzasokonezeka kwambiri chifukwa chinapangidwa kuno ku Barstow ndipo ziyenera kukhala pano ku Barstow.
"Ndikudziwa mayesero ndi masautso omwe watcheru a mtunduwu adadutsa." Tinkakonda kupeza ndalama zomwe zinatuluka kuchokera ku Special Services kukagula udzu wa mahatchi. Amuna onsewa anali odzipereka ndipo sanalipire chilichonse Ndinapereka ndalama zokhazokha. Sindikupatsani kanthu koma chipewa changa chayamba kwa mamembala oyambirira ndipo kuyambira pamenepo, pokhala ndikudziŵa mtundu woteteza, sindingapereke kanthu koma zipewa ziwiri kwa aliyense amene akutumikira kumeneko tsopano. "