I grew up watching Audie Murphy movies in the 1960s, after school on The Early Show at 4:30. I was smitten!
Then my parents “burst my bubble,” telling me that in reality he was older than they!
When his plane crashed in Craig County, Virginia, I lived in a neighboring county and sat in our yard, watching the mountains, praying to God to let him live - and send him to me!
On my first adult trip to Washington, D.C., the first place I visited was Arlington Cemetery and his grave.
He sent a few women into heart palpitations LoL