Lieutenant Audie Murphy and Boyce Martin Junior

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20060568

Description

Lieutenant Audie Murphy is visiting Boyce Martin Junior at his home in Corsicana, Texas. Lieutenant Murphy, of Farmersville, Texas, is the Army's most decorated soldier. He is dressed in his military uniform as he shakes hands with Boyce. Boyce, 18, has been bedridden with an arthritic condition, which set in after he fell from a barn five years earlier.

Archival Date

1945-09-18

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1831

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Murphy, Audie (Lt.); Martin, Boyce, Jr.; United States. Army; Military; Military personnel; Military uniforms; Beds; Military decorations; Arthritis