Dear Senator Kerry:
This is a Silver Star:
GENERAL ORDERS )
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Number 66 )
HEADQUARTERS THIRD INFANTRY DIVISION
A.P.O. #3 25 February 1945
Award of Silver Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I
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I - AWARD THE SILVER STAR. Under the provisions of Army Regulations 600-45, as amended, a Silver Star is awarded each of the following named individuals:
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AUDIE L. MURPHY, 01 692 509, First Lieutenant (then Staff Sergeant), Infantry, Company "B", 15th Infantry Regiment. For gallantry in action. On the morning of 2 October 1944, near CLEURIE QUARRY, France, First Lieutenant MURPHY inched his way over rugged, uneven terrain, toward an enemy machine gun which had surprised a group of officers on reconnaissance. Getting to within fifteen yards of the German gun, First Lieutenant MURPHY stood up and, disregarding a burst of enemy fire delivered at such close range and which miraculously missed him, flung two hand grenandes into the machine gun position, killing four Germans, wounding three more and destroying the position. Residence: Farmersville, Texas.
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By command of Major General O'DANIEL:
GENERAL ORDERS )
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Number 83 )
HEADQUARTERS THIRD INFANTRY DIVISION
A.P.O. #3 3 March 1945
Award of 1st Oak Leaf Cluster to the Silver Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II
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II - AWARD OF 1ST OAK LEAF CLUSTER TO THE SILVER STAR. Under the provisions of Army Regulations 600-45, as amended, a 1st Oak Leaf Cluster to the Silver Star previously awarded, is awarded each of the following named individuals:
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AUDIE L. MURPHY, 01 692 509, First Lieutenant (then Staff Sergeant), Infantry, Company "B", 15th Infantry Regiment. For gallantry in action. On the afternoon of 5 October 1944 near LE THOLY, France, First Lieutenant MURPHY, carrying an SCR 536 radio, crawled fifty yards under severe enemy machine gun and rifle fire, to a point 200 yards from strongly entrenched enemy who had prevented further advance. Despite machine gun and rifle bullets that hit as close as a foot to him, First Lieutenant MURPHY directed artillery fire upon enemy positions for an hour, killing fifteen Germans and inflicting approximately thirty-five additional casualties. His courage, audacity and accuracy enabled his company to advance and attain its objective. Residence: Greenville, Texas.
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By command of Major General O'DANIEL:
Thanks.
This is what I have told some older vets, the old democrats.
Their love for Kerry is allowing him to continue to urinate on the legitimate medals earned by their generation and the ones before them. When they start to argue, I conclude, "You, know that I'm right. Kerry is urinating on everything your generation sacrificed for us!"