JANUARY 26, 1945
Tags: TEXAS -- History; MURPHY, Audie; MILITARY personnel -- United States; BAYOUS -- Texas
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- Audie Murphy postage stamp drive underway. Klein, Edward N. // Hudson Valley Business Journal;12/08/97, Vol. 8 Issue 16, p4
Describes the drive for recognition of Audie Murphy, US Army soldier during the World War II. His exploit during World War II; Murphy's heroism; Audie Murphy's awards.
- Stamp Advisory Committee seems mired in bureaucracy. Klein, Edward N. // Hudson Valley Business Journal;01/05/98, Vol. 8 Issue 18, p4
Editorial. Examines the reasons for the failure of the US Post Office to issue a postage stamp honoring World War II hero Audie Murphy. Recognition of Murphy for 50 years as America's most decorated war hero; Procedures used by the postal committee in deciding stamps to be issued; Description...
- New Audie Artifacts for the Murphy Museum. // World War II;Jul/Aug2012, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p11
The article reports on the Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum's acquisition of 60 Audie Murphy artifacts. Murphy was a highly decorated and one of the most famous American soldier of World War II. The Medal of Honor was among his many commendations. The collection includes Murphy's uniform, the...
- MARCH 27, 1836. Stone, Ron // Book of Texas Days;1984, p52
The article recounts the execution of a number of Texan soldiers by the Mexican army on March 27, 1836. The Mexicans took the Texas prisoners captured at Coleto and started marching them away from the presidio at Goliad. One group marched toward the ford on the San Antonio River. A second group...
- JANUARY 30, 1890. Stone, Ron // Book of Texas Days;1984, p20
The article provides facts on historical events in Texas. Louis John Jordan was born on January 30, 1980 in Fredericksburg, Texas. He was the first Texas officer killed in the First World War. On January 30, 1915, Rice and Baylor met on the basketball court, the first competition of the...
- NOVEMBER 10, 1914. Stone, Ron // Book of Texas Days;1984, p191
The article highlights the historical accounts of steamship channels in Texas. The travel of steamship Laura to Buffalo Bayou have triggered leaders in Houston to realize the need for channels. The island people figured no ship would go on up a channel when it could stop in their city. In the...
- JANUARY 15, 1897. Stone, Ron // Book of Texas Days;1984, p11
The article focuses on the death of John Duval, a Texas Ranger, on January 15, 1897. Duval is the last survivor of James Walker Fannin's Army. He was one of those Texan soldiers who survived the Goliad Massacre during the Texas Revolution in 1836. He was a private in the Confederate army and a...
- Kid with a gun. Graham, D. // Texas Monthly;Jun89, Vol. 17 Issue 6, p104
Profiles World War II hero and actor Audie Murphy, a native of Texas. Murphy, a sharecropper's son, won both the Distinguished Service Cross and the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery against German soldiers, and pursued a career as an actor in western and war movies until the early...
- Audie Murphy. Dingus, Anne // Texas Monthly;Nov97, Vol. 25 Issue 11, p262
Profiles Audie Murphy, a war hero and actor. Medals won for service during World War II; Number of films made; Death in 1971.
