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To: haqihana who wrote (711338)	11/6/2005 11:07:43 AM
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To: paret who wrote (711318) 11/6/2005 8:47:57 AM From: haqihana of 711357 paret, That is one of the finest posts I have ever read. The public forgets too easily about the heroes of our nation, and these men were truly worthy of adoration. I was fortunate to be able to go to the premier of "To Hell And Back", the story of Audie Murphy, at the Metropolitan theater in Houston, TX. To see those medals displayed, under glass, was an awesome sight, especially when one considers that Audie Murphy was way under age when he finagled his way into the army, and gave everything he had on the battle field. He was to be given a free ride into West Point to get a degree, and move farther up in the Army echelons, but his wound prevented that. The, so called, male stars of Hollywood today, are a bunch of immature, snot nosed, simpering, puling, mindless pricks.

To: haqihana who wrote (711338)	11/6/2005 11:09:50 AM
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Audie Murphy on Audacity- “If I discovered one valuable thing during my early combat days,” he says, “it was audacity, which is often mistaken for courage or foolishness. It is neither. Audacity is a tactical weapon. Nine times out of ten it will throw the enemy off-balance and confuse him. However much one sees of audacious deeds, nobody really expects them. They are not in the rule books. I found that retreating was the most dangerous maneuver possible. It was also demoralizing, because you knew, even as you fell back, that you would have to re-take every foot of ground that you yielded. “An organized retreat is difficult. The Germans were aware of all this. So they hit you all the harder. If pinned down, it was better to try holding your position rather than move backwards. If you could advance, then advance. This is simple combat wisdom. If you have no defense, attack. This strategy turns battle psychology in your favor.” Audacity was keynote to the Murphy strategy throughout the war.

To: haqihana who wrote (711338)	11/6/2005 11:29:53 AM
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Boxers Joe Louis, Tony Zale, Billy Conn, Jack Dempsey served in the military in WW II. Draft Dodger and boxing mediocrity Muhammed Ali is sold on a revolting level by the sicko "news" media for refusing to serve in the US army.

To: haqihana who wrote (711338)	11/6/2005 11:38:21 AM
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DISGUSTING; Bush to honor draft dodger Muhammed Ali ...................................................... Bush to honor Muhammad Ali, 'Hotel Rwanda' hero Yahoo AFP ^ \| 11/03/05 MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (AFP) - US President George W. Bush will bestow the highest US civilian honor on boxing legend Muhammad Ali, "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina and 11 others, the White House said. Singer Aretha Franklin, US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan, and golfer Jack Nicklaus will also receive presidential medals of freedom in a November 9 ceremony at the White House, said Bush spokesman Scott McClellan. Last year, Bush raised eyebrows by giving the medal to former CIA director George Tenet, retired general Tommy Franks and the former civilian overseer for Iraq, Paul Bremer, sidestepping their ties to controversies over the Iraq war. This year, the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, General Richard Myers; comic actress Carol Burnett; television star Andy Griffith; a historian of Stalin's rule, Robert Conquest will also get the award. Medals will also go to Radio personality Paul Harvey; the author of the GI Bill that sent millions of World War II veterans to college, Sonny Montgomery; baseball great Frank Robinson; and Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn, who designed the software code that is used to transmit data over the Internet. Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, used his influence to bribe and cajole military and government officials to save 1,268 people sheltering from the massacre of some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus between April and July 1994.

To: haqihana who wrote (711338)	11/6/2005 11:44:08 AM
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audiemurphy.com

To: haqihana who wrote (711338)	11/6/2005 11:47:19 AM
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Citation For Medal of Honor Recipient Audie L. Murphy ............................................................... Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company B, 15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Holtzwihr France, 26 January 1945. Entered service at: Dallas, Tex. Birth: Hunt County, near Kingston, Tex. G.O. No.65, 9 August 1945. CITATION: 2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry. 2d Lt. Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to prepared positions in a woods, while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by telephone. Behind him, to his right, 1 of our tank destroyers received a direct hit and began to burn. Its crew withdrew to the woods. 2d Lt. Murphy continued to direct artillery fire which killed large numbers of the advancing enemy infantry. With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, 2d Lt. Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer, which was in danger of blowing up at any moment, and employed its .50 caliber machine gun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to German fire from 3 sides, but his deadly fire killed dozens of Germans and caused their infantry attack to waver. The enemy tanks, losing infantry support, began to fall back. For an hour the Germans tried every available weapon to eliminate 2d Lt. Murphy, but he continued to hold his position and wiped out a squad which was trying to creep up unnoticed on his right flank. Germans reached as close as 10 yards, only to be mowed down by his fire. He received a leg wound, but ignored it and continued the single-handed fight until his ammunition was exhausted. He then made his way to his company, refused medical attention, and organized the company in a counterattack which forced the Germans to withdraw. His directing of artillery fire wiped out many of the enemy; he killed or wounded about 50. 2d Lt. Murphy's indomitable courage and his refusal to give an inch of ground saved his company from possible encirclement and destruction, and enabled it to hold the woods which had been the enemy's objective.

To: haqihana who wrote (711338)	11/6/2005 12:33:33 PM
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Audie Leon Murphy, son of poor Texas sharecroppers, rose to national fame as the most decorated U.S. combat soldier of World War II. Among his 33 awards and decorations was the Medal of Honor, the highest military award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the United States of America, for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty." He also received every decoration for valor that his country had to offer, some of them more than once, including 5 decorations by France and Belgium. Credited with either killing over 240 of the enemy while wounding and capturing many others, he became a legend within the 3rd Infantry Division. Beginning his service as an Army Private, Audie quickly rose to the enlisted rank of Staff Sergeant, was given a "battle field" commission as 2nd Lieutenant, was wounded three times, fought in 9 major campaigns across the European Theater, and survived the war. During Murphy's 3 years active service as a combat soldier in World War II, Audie became one of the best fighting combat soldiers of this or any other century. What Audie accomplished during this period is most significant and probably will never be repeated by another soldier, given today's high-tech type of warfare. The U.S. Army has always declared that there will never be another Audie Murphy.

To: haqihana who wrote (711338)	11/6/2005 12:37:29 PM
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Translated Plaque Inscription IN MEMORY THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE S0LDIERS OF THE 3RD D.I.U.S.1 AND THE CC42 UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE 1ST FRENCH ARMY WHO LIBERATED HOLTZWIHR ON THE 27 JANUARY 1945 AFTER BLOODY COMBAT UNDER MOST TRYING CONDITIONS. IT REPRESENTS THE HEROIC ACT THAT LIEUTENANT AUDIE L. MURPHY OF THE 15TH R.I.U.S.3 ACHIEVED AT THIS SITE ON 26 JANUARY 1945, IN ORDER TO PUSH BACK AN ENEMY COUNTERATTACK. FOR THIS ACTION HE WAS DECORATED WITH THE HIGHEST AMERICAN AND FRENCH HONORS. VISITOR, RESPECT THIS MEMORIAL AND FORGET NOT THAT THESE SOLDIERS HAVE DIED SO THAT YOU LIVE FREE. HOLTZWIHR, 29 JANUARY 2000 ____________________________________________________________ audiemurphy.com