Saturday, March 27, 2010

Audie Murphy

He was the most decorated hero of WWII. Medal of Honor and too many other awards to mention.....all deserved. He did what few, if any, of us could do. So what does he have to do with homelessness? When you realize what he did to receive all those awards, it was superhuman, in fact it was a lot that no human could do, almost dehumanizing. What many people don't realize is that he suffered from what was then Battle Fatigue, in WWI it was Shell Shock, and now PTSD. He became one of the first to bring attention to the problem and petition the government to do something about it. My point is that when we dehumanize people, we suffer the consequences. Even if we are MOH winners. Audie....RIP

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