Posted on 05/21/2015 9:10:49 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
Nearly 2 years ago, Coach is Right published this piece about Audie Leon Murphy, one of the true American heroes. Though he had at last been awarded the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor by Governor Rick Perry, President Obama had not–has not–honored Murphy with the nation’s highest civilian recognition, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
CiR has included the link to a petition that Audie Murphy be so honored. Few have been more deserving for their contributions during war and peace. Please join those signatories who have already chosen to make the duty of an American president clear to Barack Obama.
Fully sixteen years after the State of Texas began honoring its military heroes with the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor, the most decorated combat soldier of World War II was finally recognized by Governor Rick Perry and the Texas legislature.
Born in the Lone Star State in 1924, the 5’6″, 130lb Audie Leon Murphy was told he was too small to make it in the Navy or the US Marines. So the baby-faced, underaged Texan enlisted in the Army and in early 1942 was shipped to North Africa as part of the Third Infantry Division.
And in 3 years of war, Audie Murphy performed feats of bravery unequalled by any American soldier.
On January 26th, 1945, then Lieutenant Murphy was one of just 19 soldiers remaining from a company of 128 men. He had been ordered to hold the important Colmar Pocket area near the village of Holtzwihr in France. Faced with an approaching enemy force of 3 infantry support companies and 6 heavy Tiger tanks, Murphy ordered his men well back into a defensive position while he climbed behind a 50 cal machine gun mounted on a burning M-10 Tank Destroyer. Though the M-10 threatened to explode at any...
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What manner of blog-writing retard would expect Obama to do something like that?
What a pointless idea. Audie Murphy is the poster child for “most decorated veteran”; and he already has the highest award that can be given (MOH). If Obama gave Murphy some posthumous award, it would be for the purpose of trying to steal some of Murphy’s reputation for himself.
Yep. The CMH is by far a more honored award! A presidential medal of freedom would be window dressing. Especially coming from THIS president.
I would accept anything from this WH turd.
Obama will never give Audie Murphy the medal—he wasn’t Black.
Good ol Coach, always wrong, he was turned down by the Army as well, it was in 1942 that he finally got into the Army.
I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near that filthy soetoro enemy islamist.
I’d be first in line behind you to encourage J. Robinson to disallow further posts from said blog.
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