hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

This is long but I found it interesting. It shows you how even the best of the best can become the worst of the worse. He could have made a great life with Pam if he had received the right treatment for his PTSD, Shell Shock, TBI, wh**ever you want to call it.
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺


Audie Murphy, the kid from Farmersville,Texas, 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 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.

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
P**********l 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.

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

That's quite a story. In her own way she was every bit as much of a hero as her husband.

Fredfish Loc: Prospect CT.

That's an awesome story Hack, I never knew that about Mrs. Murphy. An astonishing pair those 2 were. Thanks for telling the story.

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Great story Hack, Thank You

hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

Yes she was Fly. She loved “her boys”. Amazing couple.
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Thanks for sharing Hack, I had no idea. What a special lady…

hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

Oh you’re welcome PB. 👌
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺

hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

Thanks Fred. I didn’t know that either. I’d never thought about it, but she was a hero too in her own right.
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hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

You’re welcome OJ. I was hoping y’all would enjoy it and it wasn’t too long.
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Whitey Loc: Southeast ohio

Sounds like one hell of a woman. Thanks for sharing Hack 👍

Catfish hunter Loc: Riggins idaho (Paradise)

Awesome story Hack. I had no idea. She was an amazing lady and it sure would be nice to have more just like here🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Mauwehu Loc: Norwalk Ct

Awesome story Hack. Thanks for sharing it. My friend is an attorney who was career Army. He handles veterans disabilities that the VA rejects. He recently took a WW2 vets case for PTSD. He won and the army gave the vet a back pay check for $100,000 He told me that when he handed the vet the check the old guy immediately started to cry. “I’m not crying about the money he said, at this point in my life it is almost meaningless. I’m crying because for all of my life the VA told me there was nothing wrong with me and this check validates what I’ve been telling them for all of my life“

hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

My pleasure Whitey. She’s a miraculous woman. God Bless her.
Hack 🇺🇸🍺🍺

hacksaw Loc: Pasadena, Texas

Yes it would Catfish. They’re out there, still helping vets and others. There are people who care about others but they’re getting more harder to find nowadays.👍
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Billycrap2 Loc: Mason county,W(BY GOD) Virginia, 🇺🇸🦅

Thank Hack , she was and is the hero for all of us veterans, 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅