Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Audie Murphy & His Wife

     This is an excellent read.



Audie Murphy's  wife... worth the read ..What a
> beautiful Lady...
> > 
> >
> >Audie was only  46 years old when he died in a
> helicopter crash into the Virginia  Mts.
> >He was bothered all his life when he came back from the
> war and  it really affected his life.
> >He never got the medical help like he  should have
> gotten.
> > 
> >Not many young people know who Audie  Murphy was or
> how
 big a war hero he was.
> >Two or three of the medals  he earned would make
> most service men proud,
> >but to have earned his  decorations in battle is
> truly
 unbelievable.
> > 
> >Now to find  out that his widow was also most
> certainly a hero.
> >Truly  fantastic.
> >List of Decorations for Audie  Murphy:
> > 
> >
> >Medal of Honor
 >
> >Distinguished Service Cross
> >
> >Silver Star (with oak leaf cluster)
> >
> >Legion of Merit
> >
> >Bronze Star (with oak leaf cluster and Valor 
> Device)
> >
> >Purple Heart (with two oak leaf clusters)
> >
> >U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal
> >
> >U.S. Army Good Conduct Medal
> >
> >Presidential Unit Citation (with First Oak Leaf 
> Cluster)
> >
> >American Campaign Medal
> >
> >European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign  Medal
> >(with One Silver Star, Four Bronze Service  Stars
> >(representing nine Campaigns)
> >and one Bronze  Arrowhead
> >(representing assault landing at Sicily and
> Southern  France)
> >
> >World War II Victory Medal
> >
> >Army of Occupation Medal (with Germany Clasp)
> >
> >Armed Forces Reserve Medal
> >
> >French Fourrage in Colors of the Croix de Guerre
> >
 >French Legion of Honor - Grade of Chevalier
> >
> >French Croix de guerre (with Silver Star)
> >
> >French Croix de guerre (with Palm)
> >
> >Medal of Liberated France
> >
> >Belgian Croix de guerre (with 1940  Palm)
> > 
> >Additionally, Murphy was awarded:
> >
> >the Combat Infantry Marksman badge with Rifle Bar 
> Expert
 Badge
> >with Bayonet Bar.
> > 
> >
> >Isn't it sad the media can tell us all about the BAD
> that  goes on,
> >but ignores the GOOD people?
> >If a movie Star or  politician stubs their toe we
> have to hear about it for  Days!!!
> >
> >
> > 
> >(From the Los Angeles Times on April 15,  2010)
> > 
> >Pamela Murphy, widow of WWII hero and actor, Audie 
> Murphy, died peacefully at
> >her home on April 8, 2010. She was the  widow of
> the most decorated WWII hero and actor,
> >Audie Murphy, and  established her own distinctive
> 35 year career working as a  patient
> >liaison at the Sepulveda Veterans Administration 
> hospital,
> >treating every veteran who visited the facility as if
> they  were a VIP.
> > 
> >Any soldier or Marine who came into the  hospital
> got
 the same special treatment from her.
> >She would walk the  hallways with her clipboard in
> hand making sure her boys got to
> >see  the specialist they needed. If they didn't,
> watch
 out.
> >Her boys  weren't Medal of Honor recipients or
> movie stars like Audie,
> >but  that didn't matter to Pam. They had served
> their Country. That was good enough  for
 her.
> >She never called a veteran by his first name. It was
> always  "Mister." Respect came with the job.
> > 
> >"Nobody could cut  through VA red tape faster
 than
> Mrs. Murphy," said veteran
> >Stephen  Sherman, speaking for thousands of
> veterans she befriended over the  years.
> >"Many times I watched her march a veteran who
 had
> been  waiting more than
> >an hour right into the doctor's  office.
> >She was even reprimanded a few times, but it didn't
> matter  to Mrs. Murphy.
> >"Only her boys mattered. She was our  angel."
> > 
> >Audie Murphy died, broke, in a plane crash in 
> 1971, squandering millions of
> >dollars on gambling, bad investments,  and yes,
> other women.
> >"Even with the adultery and desertion at the  end,
> he always remained my hero,"
> >Pam told me.
> >She went  from a comfortable ranch-style home in
> Van Nuys where she raised
> >two  sons to a small apartment - taking a clerk's
> job at the nearby VA
 to  support
> >herself and start paying off her faded movie star
> husband's  debts.
> >At first, no one knew who she was. Soon, though, word
 spread  through the
> >VA that the nice woman with the clipboard was
> Audie  Murphy's widow.
> >It was like saying General Patton had just walked
> in  the front
 door.
> >Men with tears in their eyes walked up to her and 
> gave her a Hug.
> > 
> >"Thank you," they said, over and  over.
> > 
> >The first couple of years, I think the hugs were 
> more for Audie's memory
> >as a war hero. The last 30 years, they were  for
> Pam.
> > 
> >One year I asked her to be the focus of a 
> Veteran's Day column for all the
> >work she had done. Pam just
 shook  her head no.
> "Honor them, not me,"
> >she said, pointing to a group of  veterans down the
> hallway.
> >"They're the ones who deserve  it."
> > 
> >The vets disagreed. Mrs. Murphy deserved the 
> accolades, they said.
> >Incredibly, in 2002, Pam's job was going to be 
> eliminated in budget cuts.
> >She was considered "excess staff." "I  don't think
> helping cut down on veterans'
> >complaints and showing  them the respect they
> deserve should be considered
> >excess staff,"  she told me.
> >Neither did the veterans. They went ballistic,
> holding  a rally for her outside
> >the VA gates. Pretty soon, word came down  from the
> top of the VA.
> >Pam Murphy was no longer considered "excess 
> staff."
> > 
> >She remained working full time at the VA until 
> 2007 when she was 87.
> > 
> >"The last time she was here was a  couple of years
> ago for the conference
> >we had for homeless  veterans," said Becky James,
> coordinator of the VA's
> >Veterans  History Project. Pam wanted to see if
> there was anything she
> >could  do to help some more of her boys. Pam Murphy
> was 90 when she  died.
> >What a lady.
 > 
> >Dennis  McCarthy,
> >Los Angeles Times on April 15,  2010
> > 
> >I know you will pass this one on.....
> > 
> > 

> >IN GOD WE  TRUST

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