Presidential Medal of Freedom Petition for Audie Leon Murphy

This is a total disgrace to our nation not to award Audie this medal. He and other brave souls are the reason we have our freedom to award a medal of freedom.

The amount of courage it takes to achieve the awards received by Audie Murphy is beyond our ability to imagine. He paid for it by sacrificing his peace of mind. Now we owe him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, not because he sought medals or awards, but to show that we have not forgotten, that men like him will always be remembered and held in our highest esteem. God bless Audie Murphy and all the men who fought and died along with him in WW2 and beyond. May they all rest in peace. Russell H. Thaw

Proudly posted on the Audie L. Memorial Website. Help secure this presidentially bestowed medal now for Audie's work on getting the federal government to recognized and treat soldiers for PTSD.

Our son, who was killed in Afghanistan on July 17th, 2006, and was awarded the Bronze star with Valor, is buried not all that far from Audie's grave at Arlington National cemetery. Due to how frightening things have become with all the rioting taking place all over this country right now, I decided to watch every movie that starred Audie, that I can find on cable tv from now until this horror show is over--just to help bolster up my courage and spirits since he and all of our brave soldiers showed such selfless courage in the face of unimaginable savagery. God bless him and his family, and R.I.P. Major Murphy.

You did your country proud of putting your life on the line and to save your comrades may God bless you now your with your company and friends

On behalf of a grateful nation, he fought the bravest fight"! (from T.C.) Many man died, but they served their country as well, nothing can change my mind to serve this great nation. 221 Airborne later I2 110 pioneers

"They didn't ask for pity-They didn't ask for praise! They didn't ask for medals, or a military parade! They didn't ask for sorrow, when we laid them in their graves! And, they didn't ask to be heroes, but that's what they became"! T.R. Collins, Former US Army, 82nd Airborne, paratrooper, Sgt., Vietnam era, 1967-1970.

I Am An American Soldier! I Am An American Soldier! Fighting for one more American cause! They didn't ask for pity - they didn't ask for praise! They didn't ask for medals - or a military parade! They didn't ask for sorrow - when we laid them in their graves! And they didn't ask to be heroes - but that's what they became, When Johnny, came marching home! When Johnny came marching home that day, "OO-RAH"! "OO-RAH"! They gave him NO hearty welcome then, "OO-RAH"! "OO-RAH"! Yes some men did shout, spit and curse, but the boys with clout, they all turned out, Yes, they were ALL so brave then, when Johnny came marching home! But those who spat and the boys with clout did not know what they spoke about, but they all came out to blame Johnny for marching home! They all came out to blame Johnny for coming home! Yes, they were ALL SO BRAVE THEN, when Johnny came marching home on just one leg that day! "OO-RAH" SOLDIER! Which one of you would have held a dying friend, all through that God-less night, Bleeding, crying, dying, after another bloody fire-fight, Trying the best you could to call in a Huey, and get him on a medevac flight at first light! Which one of you would have pick-up that fallen soldiers gun and just kept going on? Which one of you would have fought again, until the battles won! Instead we built a wall of stone / for the soldiers who did fall / then carved their names upon it, and called that welcome home! They didn't ask for pity and they didn't ask for praise. And they didn't ask to be called heroes, but that's what they became! Now they're just old soldiers, fighting for one more cause! Sometimes this life is cruel and some play by their own rules, For those who answered their country's call, let us say this much was true, They were American soldiers, who fought for the red, white and blue, They were all American soldiers, who fought for the red, white and YOU! Now their grand-kids are far-away from home, fighting for o

Mr. O'Connor, I would like to ask a question about the Third Division, if I may. My mother's first husband was killed in a tank in Germany - he is buried in Holland. Would this have been his Division? My mother has passed, but she never talked about it much - except she was proud of the Purple Heart her husband was awarded. Thanks in advance.

They don't make men like this anymore...a true mans' man. It seems unjust that it wasn't done long ago.

audie murphy was a real life hero ! the bravest of the brave! may his memory life forever for the American people! charlotte oles canton mass.

Nous ne pouvons que remercier le courage et la ténacité d'Audie MURPHY, ainsi que tous les alliés qui sont venus sur le sol de ma Patrie nous sauver de la barbarie nazie. Le Major Audie MURPHY, a toujours été un homme d'honneur (aussi bien militaire, qu'acteur)., nous lui devons beaucoup, comme des millions d'hommes. D'avoir eu toutes ces décorations, même par les autorités militaires françaises (Légion d'Honneur, la plus haute décoration française, créée par l'Empereur Napoléon 1), °pendant le II° Guerre Mondiale, ne peut que renforcer l'admiration du Monde entier. Merci Major. R.I.P. Major MURPHY Adjudant de Gendarmerie française (ER), MARECHAL Roland

I do not think you would want another award. But anything that helps people remember him is OK with me.

My late father-in-law served in the Third Division in WWII and earned the Silver Star in Erlangen, Germany on April 19th, 1945. My wife always says she grew up feeling that she knew Audie Murphy personally! He most definitely deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom. God bless our 'Dog Face Soldiers'.....the Rock of the Marne!

Yes he deserves it, I find it astonishing that by the time the War in Europe was over Audie hadn't yet reached the age of 20, inspirational !!!

AUDIE MURPHY MOST CERTAINLY DESERVES THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM. HE FOUGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY AND SUFFERED PTSD THE REST OF HIS LIFE AS A RESULT OF HIS SERVICE. THIS IS THE LEAST WE CAN OFFER TO RECOGNIZE HIM AS A WAR HERO AND A MAN WHO WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PROTECT THE MEN HE SERVED WITH.