soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for
valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards
for heroism. Coming from a poor sharecropping family of Irish descent in
Texas, he served in nine World War II campaigns, receiving the Medal of
Honor after single-handedly holding off an entire company of German
soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France. After the war, he
appeared in more than forty feature films, mostly westerns; his most
successful film was To Hell and Back (1955), based on his war memoirs.
During the Korean War, Murphy was commissioned as an officer in the 36th
Infantry Division of the Texas National Guard. Possessing a natural gift
for rhyme, he collaborated on numerous songs between 1962 and 1970. He
suffered from what would today be termed posttraumatic stress disorder,
and was plagued by money problems in the last few years of his life, but
refused offers to appear in alcohol and cigarette commercials to avoid
setting a bad example. Murphy died in a plane crash in Virginia, and was
interred with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1337:
Edward, the Black Prince was created Duke of Cornwall, the
first duchy in England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward,_the_Black_Prince>
1452:
Reconquista: The combined forces of Castile and Murcia defeated
the Emirate of Granada at the Battle of Los Alporchones around the city
of Lorca.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Alporchones>
1776:
American Revolutionary War: The British Army garrison in
Boston, Massachusetts, withdrew from the city, ending the 11‑month
Siege of Boston.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Boston>
1955:
Six thousand people in Montreal rioted to protest the
suspension of ice hockey star Maurice Richard.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Riot>
1985:
American serial killer Richard Ramirez (pictured), known as
"the Night Stalker", began a home invasion burglary and killing spree
that resulted in 13 deaths and 11 sexual assaults over the following
five months.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ramirez>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
dudeen:
A short-stemmed Irish pipe made out of clay.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dudeen>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Acceptance. Acceptance of the impermanence of being. And
acceptance of the imperfect nature of being, or possibly the perfect
nature of being, depending on how one looks at it. Acceptance that this
is not a rehearsal. That this is it.
--William Gibson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Gibson>
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