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Audie Murphy: An American Hero

By Robert Justin Lipkin

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I just saw (again) "To Hell and Back," the story of Audie Murphy, the am:

most decorated combat soldier in American military history. He entered the Army at the age of 16, after being turned down by the Marines, Navy, and paratroopers. By 19, he had became an Lieutenant and won the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest America decoration, and a host of other decorations from the United States Belgium, and France. After returning from the war, Murphy suffered from PTSD and kicked addiction to Placidyl cold turkey. Later in his life he championed the needs of veterans and was the first military hero to publically speak about psychiatric problems soldiers endure. He became an actor and played himself in the starring role in "To Hell and Back." For more read here. When I told my daughter about Murphy, she replied, "That's great, but he was probably a Republican." I responded by saying "Nobody's perfect."[1]

In a war necessary to America's survival (See Ken Burns' "The War") pace Patrick Buchanan and other World War II revisionists, every mh:

American can honor Murphy and the other men and women who served our country fighting against the German nation, whose monstrous leaders had meticulously planned the administration of the conquered American territories. We should also honor the men and woman who have fought in all of America's wars, especially the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld, completely unnecessary war, a war driven by a false--even incoherent ideology--designed by men, who never served in the military, but who with temerity sent others to die for their distorted, corrupt, and evil designs. This cadre of cowardly neocons who so vigorously advocated the foolhardy invasion of Iraq, and who encourage cherry-picking the intelligence concerning Iraq's WMD program, should also be remembered as an example of the dark side of American leadership and the perversion of American ideals.

[1] This conversation cannot be independently verified.

Full post as published by Essentially Contested America on May 26, 2008 (boomark / email).

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