Audie Murphy: Quite a guy

The Audie Murphy Veteran’s Administration (VA) Hospital was the first of three VA hospitals I worked in while in medical training, and I am embarrassed to say that, at that time, I had no knowledge of who Audie Murphy was.

When we think about the American 250th birthday, he is someone that comes to mind. He grew up a “dirt poor” Texan and relatively short, and he was turned down by the Navy and the…