Audie Murphy's OD Field Jacket
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content: Murphy, Audie
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
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content: Olive drab (OD) “Eisenhower type” jacket.
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content: Specific History
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content: Field jacket used by Second Lieutenant Audie L . Murphy, United States Army.
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content: General History
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content: Audie Murphy enlisted in the United States Army at age seventeen to make something of himself. By the end of World War II, Audie Murphy's exploits had earned him every medal his country could give. He was the war's most decorated soldier and a national hero. Four years later, as a struggling actor in Hollywood, he turned his wartime experiences into a best-selling book, <i>To Hell and Back.</i> He later starred in the film version of his book. He died in an 1971 airplane crash in Virginia while on a business trip.
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content: His list of medals includes:
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content: Medal of Honor
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content: Distinguished Service Cross
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content: Silver Star with First Oak Leaf Cluster
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content: Legion of Merit
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content: Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device and First Oak Leaf Cluster
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content: Purple Heart with Second Oak Leaf Cluster
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content: U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal
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content: Good Conduct Medal
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content: Distinguished Unit Emblem with First Oak Leaf Cluster
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content: American Campaign Medal
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content: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with One Silver Star, Four Bronze Service Stars (representing nine campaigns), and one Bronze Arrowhead (representing assault landing at Sicily and Southern France)
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content: World War II Victory Medal
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content: Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp
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content: Armed Forces Reserve Medal
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content: Combat Infantry Badge
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content: Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar
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content: Expert Badge with Bayonet Bar
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content: French Fourragère in Colors of the Croix de Guerre
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content: French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier
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content: French Croix de Guerre With Silver Star
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content: French Croix de Guerre with Palm
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content: Medal of Liberated France
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content: Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 Palm
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States
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content: Europe
topic: label: Subject
content: Medal of Honor
label: related event
content: World War II
label: related event
content: The Great Depression and World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Charlene Barnes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0428.01
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0428.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0428
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacket, field
label: Other Terms
content: Jacket; jacket, field; Man; Army; Field
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
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content: olive drab (overall color)
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content: plastic (part material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 67 cm x 69 cm; x 26 3/8 in x 27 3/16 in