Kum 90 mi Army Pvt. Luther Shields (Rtd) chuan kum 60 teh meuh a nghah hnuin chawimawina (medal) paruk teh lawih hlan ani ta. Shield hi Vista Grande, Montezuma County, Colorado a khawsa mek a ni. Shields tunu hian sawrkar lamah apu medal dawn tur an la pek loh chu a nawr chhuah sak ta a nih chu. Ani Shield lah chuan dawh thei takin an pek hun a nghak ngat ngat mai a ni.
December ni 10, 1942 ah khan Tunis, Africa ah German danna tur (blockade) an siam mi pariatin an ven chu dang zo talo chu, Nazi ho chuan an man ta a. Aman a sawi dan chuan, ” Ka kut chu sang takin ka phar vah mai a, ka hmaah chiah tank chu lo kalin tum thum emaw lai min kah an tum a. Mahse an sergeant chuan “Aih” tiin an silai te chu a ben sawn sak zel a ni. A van teuh ther ther tak em,” a ti.
Shields, who is a resident of Vista Grande, was a prisoner of war for 19 months in a German camp after being captured Dec. 10, 1942. He was taken prisoner at age 23 near Tunis, Africa, after Nazi soldiers approached a road block that was constructed by U.S. forces.
“There were eight of us fighting the (German) infantry,” Shields said in a narrative he authored. “A tank came right up to me. I held my hands up, and about three times they tried to shoot me.The German sergeant told him ‘no’ and slapped the gun down. What a close call!”
Shield hi thla 19 lai an man hnuah tlanchhuakin hreawm nasa tak a tuar hnu chuan August 1944 khan United States dam takin alo kir leh. Atan chhung leh a haw kawng ilo chhung kha thla 27 lai alo ni hman reng mai a. Chumi chhunga a hlawh lakloh te chu $900 alo tlingkhawm hman a, chumi chuan Harley Davidson a leinghal a ni.
Shields lawmman dawn te hi, U.S. POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with a Bronze Star attachment and arrowhead, World War II Victory Medal leh the Honorable Service Lapel Button, WWII te an ni. Dawhthei taka a nghah fan fan peihna hi a ropui ka ti kher mai.
Chhiarzawm duh tan: http://www.cortezjournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&subsectionID=4&articleID=8352
Lawmawm loh lam ve thung aw!
Kum 83 a upa Roscoe Ebey chu Aurora Township, Kane County ah 1944 khan United States Army atangin a chawl ve ta a. Ama kut ngeiin in a sa a, tichuan Burlington Northern Railway ah kum 35 teh meuh, nikhat pawh a hnathawh hmaih ngai miah lova a thawh hnu chuan “A tawk ta e,” tiin hnathawh a bansan ve ta.
Hetiang mi rinawm leh taima tak mai, tar kum 83 mi chu mi suaksual kum 25 mi Hector M. Maurico chuan a inah luhchilhin a inhnuai (basement) ah a that ta der mai anih chu; avan lainat awm tak em! A that tu hi a inpuan avangin a nunna chu zuahsak niin kum 60 lungin tang tura a chungthu relsak a ni.
Rawng taka putar that tu Hector:
Roscoe Ebey thih hnu hian Kane County Sheriff chuan a hmingin Roscoe Ebey Award a siam ta a. He chawimawina hi an khawchhung ami, nun tha zawnga mi khawih danglam thei te pek thin ani zel dawn ta a ni. Thah anih hi May 29, 2007 kha a ni e.
June 26th, 2011 at 10:58 pm
Khai aw, chhıar ang aw
June 26th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
A pakhatna khi ka lawmpui rualin a pahnihna khi ka tawrhpui bawk e…
June 26th, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Ka va hma ve teh khiah ve….
June 26th, 2011 at 11:10 pm
Chhiarchhuak dap in ka comment e..pa ropui 2 te top dan inanglo chungchang niin ka hria 😀
June 26th, 2011 at 11:16 pm
Chawimawina dawng tur pawn nawrcghhuah a ngai ve tho a ni maw..kha lamah pawh..hman hmana pek tawh mai awm, a phu anih si chuan
June 26th, 2011 at 11:19 pm
ropui kher mai
June 26th, 2011 at 11:22 pm
A hmasa zawk khi a dawhtheihna a ropui hle mai. A dawhthehna pawh a ti pawrh nasa ngawt ang.lol
June 26th, 2011 at 11:25 pm
A pakhatna khian red indian pasaltha thufing hlawhtlin i duh chuan nghah peih a ngai tih min hriat nawn tir. A pahnihna khi chuan bible thu lam daih thih pawh hlawkna. Post tha khawp mai.!
June 26th, 2011 at 11:35 pm
Ngaihnawm e (Y)
June 27th, 2011 at 12:29 am
Putar Roscoe thin dan chu a va run thlak ve aw…
June 27th, 2011 at 12:32 am
RenghangMan #5 WWII boruak lai a ni a, an pe tawh emaw tiin an lo record sual anih hmel. Helamah chuan chawimawina chu dillo vin a phu te chu an pe/hlan mai thin tlangpui. Hlawh pun pawh mahni hnathawh dan a zir zelin min pun mai. Hna inang thawk theuh2 pawh min pun zat a inang ngailo, mahse thlei bik an nei ngai lemlo niin a lang. Vai style a hotu te tlawm hiam te hi mi huat hlawhna mai niin a lang.
Chutiang hre reng chuan dawhthei takin a nghak fan fan mai anih hmel zawk e (TV vela an sawi hmangin).
June 27th, 2011 at 1:09 am
A va ngaihnawmin a va lawmawm em. A bik takin a hmasa zawk khi a ropui ka ti-a dawhtheihna khi
June 27th, 2011 at 1:11 am
Benny ni e tiraw. A hnuai zawk ami hian ka rilru a ti na hrep thung 🙁
June 27th, 2011 at 1:22 am
A lo sakuhserh nghah ve veng2 mai ni mo,ka tan khawp mai. A van lawmpui awm ve le!
#renghangman, i dam thin mo?
June 27th, 2011 at 1:33 am
HV, nia a 2-na khian mi nghawng khawp mai.
June 27th, 2011 at 4:47 am
2 na taimak na khi (Y)
June 27th, 2011 at 6:51 am
A lo nihhlawm khi (Y)
June 27th, 2011 at 7:05 am
Mi 8 in German Panzer Division lo dan han tum chuh. ngaihsan awm e. Mahse thla 27 hlawh tling khawm $ 900 chauh khi enge a awmzia? Ava tlem deuh ve. # Tual thattu teh hraw chu han pen lawlh ava chak awm ve. Mahse kum 20 mi vel Jail ah kum 60 a tän chuan, ‘A tän Ni leh Thla réng a èng dawn lo’ a nih chu.
June 27th, 2011 at 7:21 am
A thu a fahrah lo..a bengvar thlak e
June 27th, 2011 at 7:22 am
PKfanai, link ah khian chiang lehzualin a inzia, chian zual nan link ka dah fo ang 🙂 A thu hrimah WWII (1944) hunlai ania kan sawi ni.
“I bought a new Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Maryville, Calif.,” he said. “I had 27 months of back pay coming, which was around $900.”
http://www.cortezjournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=4&subsectionID=4&articleID=8352
June 27th, 2011 at 7:22 am
A pahnihna zawk khi… kum 25 mi thalai zek zawk tih ah chuan va thing e, putar barakhaih thut pawha thi maithei rual tawh lo thah chu a… kum 60 chhung lungin tan tir chu va nep e, a thih hnuah pawh na takin la hrem se than ang 😀
June 27th, 2011 at 7:31 am
PK, tah pawh hian tlem chu a hriat thiam theih ka beisei.
WWII laia Pvt. (Private) hlawh:
Net annual earnings – after deduction of normal expenditures out of pay
Buck private In service inside US: $420 In foreign service:$540.00
http://www.usmm.org/barrons.html
June 27th, 2011 at 7:42 am
@thalromawi, dam ve zel e…in va misual khat ve ma w le
June 27th, 2011 at 7:46 am
Pu Hv, 22 hi i lak atanga ka bei sei chiah chu a ni e. Thanks. Ka dah (rating) san zia che i hriat thiam mai ka ring. Pawisa hlutna tlakhniam chak zia ti lang chiang tu tha tak a nih hi a.
June 27th, 2011 at 11:12 am
a thih hnu ah paw la tantir reng tlak male
June 27th, 2011 at 11:44 am
#25 (Y)