nitroviking,
Of course, we Northeast Texicans remember Audie Murphy. = My mother taught him in school and had all of his sisters as students in her Vocational Home Economics classes.
(One of her personal treasures was a letter from Audie, when he was hospitalized after being WIA in 1944. = Mother kept "the Christmas letter" in her Bible.)
Before he was accepted onto AD with the Army, MAJ Murphy was a member of the 144th INF RGT, TXARNG.
(I was once a member of the same unit.)
yours, tex
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List of Medal of Honor recipients by the war they were in.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...nor_recipients
Patrick Brady was another dustoff pilot who was awarded not only the Metal of honor, but also the Distinguished Service Cross the second highest honor. Here is a clip of him talking about the MOH day. He flew over 2000 missions and evacuated over 5000 wounded.
Patrick Brady, Medal of Honor, Vietnam War
"Only the weak blame parents, their race, their times, lack of good fortune, or the quirks of fate. Everyone has it within his power to say, this I am today, that I shall be tomorrow. The wish, however, must be implemented by deeds." Louis L'Amour The Walking Drum
There were a lot of medevac's done under fire by UH-1 gunships.The only people who ever knew about it were those involved.It was just something that needed to happen so it was done.No recommendations for awards,not even thought about by the crews that did it.
I am going to put together a small file of a few of the MoH people and the next time I see some of those "social warriors" straight out of Ferguson that have been so brave as to give a cop the finger and have him read that and tell me again brave hero he thinks he is.
Ole Jack
"'Necesity' is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of Tyrants: it is the creed of slaves."
William Pitt, 1783
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we faulter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln.
I think this Hero actually past away a few years ago, maybe sometime around 2008 or so. Everytime I read that the hair stands up on the back of my neck! The movie "We Were Soldiers" depicts this Hero's actions.
To All,
The AUDIE MURPHY/AMERICAN COTTON MUSEUM is in Greenville, TX about an hour east of Dallas.
(Audie was actually from Onionville, a tiny town near Greenville.)
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 1000-1900, except major holidays.
The museum is worth the trip & a couple of hours of your time.
yours, tex
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