Another Headmate birthday has come around, this time it’s one of the other Dempseys and Introjects, the mellow yet sassy brother of Raine, Anthony or Tony! We didn’t have much time today to make a proper doodle for him so this slightly older doodle will do as he stated until we can maybe make him a proper one (hopefully).
Ever noticed that Boyd has a unique patch of his T/5 insignia?
Unlike the others, his looks like it was hand-sewn and probably made it himself, too.
I also once read that soldiers had to sew the patches on to the uniforms themselves.... what could explain why Grady has no Pfc. insignia on his jacket.
Either he was too lazy to so or maybe he lost it (on purpose).
One doesn't travel down the road of Modern Military History very far without stumbling across the legendary Audie Murphy. He's been on my horizon for a long time, but my interest was strongly peaked when he was brought up in a discussion about the validity of the movie Fury. Since I love Fury, I knew I needed to read Murphy's story.
I found an older paperback smelling much like the Louis L'Amour books of my childhood at Half Price and instantly gathered it close to be read and cherished.
What a book it proved to be. The descriptions are beautiful and heartbreaking, the action intense, the comradery glorious.
As a writer, I basked in the dialog. It had me crying and laughing. It was so well done. The back and forth between the men with little to no tags to clue me in on who was talking quickly grew easy to follow as you learned the different men's voices. This only made it more heartbreaking as they died off, and the dialog filled with unknown replacements.
More than once, I saw where Fury pulled is story from, which was wonderful. More than once I laughed, and more than once I ached with tears for these men and what they endured.
Murphy was a true American hero and it made me smile to love two different Murphys who both have Medals of Honor.