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Show UNUSUAL CASE OF DESERTER AND HERO The armed services are confronted con-fronted with an unusual case in the history of William B. Mur-phree, Mur-phree, who deserted the Army in 1941 after six years as a soldier. What makes the problem difficult diffi-cult is the fact that Murphree enlisted en-listed in the Marines under an assumed as-sumed name and has been cited for bravery on Guadalcanal and in the Battle of Midway. In addition, addi-tion, he won the Navy Cross in the Makin Island raid. Technically, the young Tennes-sean Tennes-sean is guilty of desertion but the armed services will probably omit prosecution and let this fighting man "ride on his record." |