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No Phil, not related at all, but as the Son of an ETO vet in WW II, Audie Murphy has been my role model since I was a kid, and especially more so after I met him at age 12 in New Orleans.
I have...

Thanks Guys!
I really appreciate the support for the Petition.
I agree with Bill, actually I forewarned him I think, that the Site it is hosted on is very left-wing.
Just so everyone is clear as...

Now again I agree with user BHP I'm not sure where your buddy got his info but I can tell you Murphy neither smoked nor drank. The most Murph was known to drink was an occasional glass of wine.
I...

Just to set the record straight, the rifles are one in the same photos taken at different times.
and yes I did get involved in the thread over people questioning the rifles.
I have collected Murphy...

I guess you missed post #13 in this thread about Marvin.
Here is what I wrote in part with respect to the story you posted:

"Marvin did however claim to have been awarded the Navy Cross at Iwo...

Here's a photo of Audie at Werfen castle, Werfen Austria an hour or so after receiving the Medal of Honor and Legion of Merit.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2010/01/WerfenCastle-1.jpg
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Sort of a duplicate post but this photo may be a better quality for anyone interested.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2010/01/AudieandBadGuy1-1.jpg

Here is the accompaning story:
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OK, let me shed light on this 2 rifles story or even 3.
The one is San Antonio is simply a weapon displayed to signify the type of weapon Murphy carried.
The two rifles of Murphy's shown in the...

No, Marvin was wounded on Saipan on D + 1 or 2.
Marvin did however claim to have been awarded the Navy Cross at Iwo while on the Carson Show. He made the statement it appears in gest, but it wasn't...

I am the sponsor of a Petition to bestow upon Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier of WWII, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, in recognition of his...

For those of you who do not know there is a new bio epic movie on Audie in the works.
The rights to Don Graham's book, "No Name on the Bullet" has been bought by two Hollywood producers, Arthur E....

[QUOTE=Andouille;38269]Audie Murphy's portrait hangs in the Senate chamber of the Capitol Building in Austin. I believe the only one of his generation so honored. Well maybe that bun of a sitch LBJ...

The story that you relate is the correct version of how the rifle was recovered.

The event to which you are referring was not that Rifle event with the sniper that wounded him.
Both events were at about the same time, but different.
The event from which Murphy took the sniper's...

Here is my favorite photo of Audie's Grave (if one could use the word favorite to describe a grave.)

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2010/01/8920_302436365313_301296775313_9196-1.jpg

Perhaps!
It depends on your interpretaion of "most decorated" and "ever"

The one individual who is the "Highest and Most" from the Vietnam War is Colonel Robert Lewis Howard who died 3 weeks ago...

Nope Audie's is in the Museum at either Ft Stewart.

Frank:
It is on display at Ft. Stewart
Thanks
Dave

Great Story about you Dad. Enjoyed the pic as well.