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I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Audie Murphy's wife _ What a great lady! ... Thx Petey K and Judi C!


Date: November 17, 2014 at 7:16:17 PM EST
Subject: Audie Murphy's Wife - what a great lady!

This has been around before but thought you might enjoy reading it again.  There are some really special people out there.


 
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WHAT A WOMAN!!!



 
 






 
 






              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:
 
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Medal of Honor
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Distinguished Service Cross
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Silver Star (with oak leaf cluster)
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Legion of Merit
Description:  cid:8314C3D4710442E0A21C1D9818D0B818@BarbaraHarvey
Bronze Star (with oak leaf cluster and Valor Device)
Description:  cid:B5680EDEDF354299A5391E14CD1B7F46@BarbaraHarvey
Purple Heart (with two oak leaf  clusters)
Description:  cid:5023C305C969489DB12CA0ED0A47B8A7@BarbaraHarvey
U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service  
  Medal
Description:  cid:03D50C0C85D8468FB5914BAABD6DD9A5@BarbaraHarvey
U.S. Army Good Conduct Medal
Description:  cid:587855B61F574E87801778238DE3B6C0@BarbaraHarvey
Presidential Unit Citation (with First Oak Leaf  Cluster)
Description:  cid:FD103496483545ACAFBCE744C9DA938F@BarbaraHarvey
American Campaign Medal
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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 )
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World War II Victory Medal
Description:  cid:CCD0A3C954374B64BF3232EBA83BF37A@BarbaraHarvey
Army of Occupation Medal (with Germany Clasp)
Description:  cid:C9C33F8675ED42FBB70728D2674A7CE3@BarbaraHarvey
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Description:  cid:D605EB6E9AF040F8B551A8FC992607F6@BarbaraHarvey
French Fourrage in Colors of the Croix de Guerre
Description:  cid:CB187F4119A24E768F106963DA6C6492@BarbaraHarvey
French Legion of Honor - Grade of  Chevalier
Description:  cid:E75E9DE1ECE54453BDF415CADAC6298B@BarbaraHarvey
French Croix de guerre (with Silver Star),
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French Croix de guerre (with Palm)
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Medal of Liberated France
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Belgian Croix de guerre (with 1940 Palm)
 
Additionally, Murphy was awarded:
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the Combat InfantryƂ Marksman badge with Rifle Bar,
 
Expert Badge with Bayonet Bar.
 
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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!!!
 
 
 
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(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
 
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When the People fear the Government, that is tyranny.
When the Government fears the People, that is LIBERTY!
 
We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom:
the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
 
 
       



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