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Albert Jacka and the choice of Achilles. (History).
IT IS REMARKABLE how, seventy years after his death, historians seem unfamiliar with the basic facts of the life of Australia's most acclaimed war hero, Albert Jacka VC, MC and Bar. One can understand why ideologues like Manning Clark and Stuart Macintyre would want to caricature Jacka's last months, but the desire of Michael Evans ("On Military Courage", Quadrant, October 2001), without adequate evidence, to see him as an "enigmatic and flawed" personality like the USA's most decorated warrior, Audie Murphy, is impenetrable. Jacka is supposed to have made "the choice of Achilles", to prefer a young, glorious death to a long, secure and inconspicuous life. Then there is ...
- SGT. AUDIE MURPHY CLUB SERVES AS ELITE ORGANIZATION FOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News July 13, 2009 700+ words
...real heroes. Any Soldier can tell you that. Audie Murphy is one of those heroes. In his short lifetime...and the basis for becoming a member of the Audie Murphy Club. "The Audie Murphy Club is an organization of Soldiers that have...
- Audie Murphy
- Picture from: Archive Photos January 1, 1996 700+ words
Archive Photos 01-01-1996 Audie Murphy His World War II fame as the most...Congressional Medal of Honor brought Audie Murphy to Hollywood at war's end, where...performers. stars. actors. movie stars. Audie Murphy. Murphy. soldiers. Medal of Honor...
- 11th signal brigade's Audie Murphy inductees.
- Magazine article from: Army Communicator Hortin, Eric September 22, 2006 700+ words
...Aparicio were inducted into the prestigious Audie Murphy Club at an impromptu ceremony Aug...reviewing stand by another member of the Audie Murphy Club--BG Carroll F. Pollett, commanding...Signal Soldiers were inducted into the Audie Murphy Club in front of their brigade. Aparicio...
- FORT LEWIS NCOS CARRY ON PROUD TRADITION IN AUDIE MURPHY CLUB
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News October 12, 2009 700+ words
...of NCOs inducted into Sergeant Audie Murphy Club, after a ceremony Sept. 25. Proudly wearing the Sergeant Audie Murphy Award medallion, Sgt. Blake Jones...more cohesive team." Lieutenant Audie Murphy started off as an enlisted infantryman...
- The Westerns Channel Celebrates the June 20 Birthday of Audie Murphy, The Most...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 9, 2000 700+ words
...June 20th, Starz Encore's Westerns channel celebrates Audie Murphy's birthday with a four-film salute beginning at 8:00...Tonto). The orphaned son of poor Texas sharecroppers, Audie Murphy rose to national fame as World War II's most decorated...
- The Vietnam War's Audie Murphy: Decatur widow recalls husband, conflict's most...
- Newspaper article from: Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL) May 29, 2006 700+ words
...said. Hooper came home, and if he had any feeling of invincibility, the thought evaporated May 28, 1971, when actor Audie Murphy, a Medal of Honor recipient and the most highly decorated soldier of World War II, died in a plane crash in Virginia...
- Vietnam hero to get Audie Murphy award.
- Newspaper article from: Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL) June 28, 2006 700+ words
...Purple Hearts or the Silver Star or even the four tours of duty in Vietnam that caused David Carney to nominate the 2006 Audie Murphy Patriotism Award recipient. It's also because of the way Capt. William E. Hogan has lived his life in retirement. Though...
- WORLD WAR II'S GREATEST SOLDIER; STAMP HONORING AUDIE MURPHY WELL-DESERVED AND...
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) November 7, 1999 700+ words
Byline: STEVE VLASICH Local View ON this Nov. 11, when Americans mark another Veterans Day with patriotic speeches and parades, remembering all who fought for this country, one name out of the past deserves special remembrance - Audie L. Murphy, America's most decorated soldier of World War II. The
