Posted on 05/27/2024 9:06:44 AM PDT by Varsity Flight
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Most decorated soldier in United States History
His loss was a tragedy for America. He did a western movie in 1957 called Fort Petticoat. The history is wrong etc etc. but anyone looking Audie Murphy ships see it.
With the men gone from an area, he is a soldier organizing a group of women to defend a mission church.
It’s only 12 years after his WWII exploits. Watching that movie you can see a glimpse of what his leadership was like. There are plenty of moments where you can see he is less acting than just being Lt Murphy again. Things like picking and using his NCOs, dealing with cowardice or fear, organizing and leading the effort, dealing with popular unit members loss fast and moving people on.. fast. Dealing with dumb moves by people. Dealing with someone too religious that they become a drag by not doing things right etc.
I just stumbled on it, it kind of surprised me once I watched deep enough into it. When you see him barking orders, making very fast decisions etc., I think you’ll probably see the same thing I do. I think there’s a little bit of the element of him working out his PTSD. At least that’s what we would call it today.
The Audie Murphy American Cotton Museum is in Greenville, TX about 40 miles east of Dallas on I-30. Audie Murphy was born in Kingston, TX and grew up nearby in Greenville, Farmersville, and Celeste.
Over a year on the front lines.
About 8 years ago I walked the ground where Murphy won the CMOH, fighting off a platoon of Jagdpanthers and a company of infantry from a burning, knocked out M10 tank destroyer with a .50 cal. It was an amazing event.
https://www.history.com/news/audie-murphys-world-war-ii-heroics-70-years-ago
“The true heroes, the real heroes, are the boys who fought and died, and never will come home.”
- Audie Murphy
Murphy is a legend in his own right. Sometimes the smaller guys seem to have the biggest .... well you know.
His crash site is right off the Appalachian Trail
A very hard year at that. Italy and into France, against some very hard enemies.
Hate to ruin a perfectly good thread but doesn’t a US president usually lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington on Memorial Day? Haven’t seen a thing about it today!! More important plans perhaps for the important man today?
The M1 Carbine he was carrying when he performed the actions for which he was awarded the MOH was found and is on display at the 3rd Infantry Museum at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
https://www.stwnewspress.com/opinion/taking-aim-the-wounded-carbine/article_61e58544-2b7c-11eb-aad0-0758b3a6c149.html
Re-reading to Hell and Back for Memorial Day weekend. In a just world there’d be an Audie Murphy Day. Fort Petticoat is a great movie, also like Posse From Hell.
On you tube you can see Audie in some non-westerns like World in my Corner and The Gun Runners.
Biden more likely will lay a wreath at George Floyd’s grave.
Fighting in the Pacific was mostly the Army, they lost about as many men in that theater as the Navy and Marines lost in all of WWII combined.
(I walked the ground where Murphy won the CMOH)
Audie would not agree with what you wrote of him “Winning” the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Then, during a 1967 interview, Murphy mentioned the carbine’s serial number. Having memorized the number hints at the soldier’s connection with the firearm. At this point, serendipity raised its amazing head.
An employee at the Center of Military History Clearinghouse, intrigued, conducted a database search on the serial number and got a hit. Low and behold, Audie Murphy’s rifle lay resting among endless numbers of war memories.
Today, the “wounded carbine” complements the hero’s uniform, medals, and other memorabilia in the 3rd Army Division museum at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Interesting article here, each enlisted personal had a serial number too. Never thought of it as serial number before, just like the other equipment.
https://blog.fold3.com/identifying-military-personnel-decoding-serial-numbers/
Just saw FOX news had Biden at Arlington but the sound was muted so I didn’t hear anything - just saw the words Arlington, VA. He wasn’t standing at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier for sure - at a podium somewhere. Must have been talking about losing a son in some unknown war....
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