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http://www.bencaudill.com/chaplain/murphy_audie.jpg

http://www.audiemurphy.com/gallery/gallery4.htm

http://www.manlyweb.com/realmen/military/audiemurphy.JPG

Audie L. Murphy, from Texas, became the most highly decorated US soldier in all history. Here are a few photos of the hero, later a movie actor, mainly in Western and detective roles.

The medal on the blue ribbon around Lt. (later Major) Murphy's neck is the coveted Medal of Honor. He also was awarded most other US medals for gallantry under fire. And the Purple Heart (with clusters) for wounds received in battle. Murphy killed hundreds of Germans, but not without cost.

Murphy also received the Croix de Guerre (avec Palme) from both the French and the Belgian governments, and the French Chevalier d' Honneur , making him, I believe, a member of the French order of knighthood.

Not bad for a man who was then just 19, having enlisted early by falsifying his age.

Maj. Murphy was killed in a (civilian) plane crash in 1971, and his grave at Arlington National Cemetary is the second most visited, after that of John F. Kennedy.

Physically, he was a small man, but he was otherwise a giant.

With Veterans' Day coming on Nov. 11, I thought that you might like to meet a man who exemplified heroism of the highest order.

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"There is nothing quite so exhilarating as to be shot at without effect!" Sir Winston Churchill
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http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet_media.asp?fsID=1670
Hover your cursor over the photos to enlarge them.

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/....F-1234P-060.jpg Large photo of Gen. Stewart. Look at his eyes. They are those of a man who has seen Hell, and survived.

And here's a face that you may recognize: Brig. General James M. Stewart, USAF. The well known actor was a pilot of both B-17 and B-24 bombers in Europe during WW II, later flew jets after the war. (He was once aboard a B-52 raiding North Vietnam prior to retirement.)

Look at that face. (See the photo of him in dress uniform, at his desk.) This was a man who had seen war, having flown many combat missions against heavy flak and fighter attacks. I think it aged him a little. Look at his eyes and at Murphy's. Those medal ribbons on Stewart's chest were earned, not given to him for being a famous actor. The silver wings are those of a Command Pilot. The small gold-rimmed badge on the other side of his chest is a Distinguished Unit Citation. It is not casually awarded.
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