Melas continued, “I didn’t really understand what he truly went through until I was in college when I got this really deep longing to want to connect to him more.” “The stories that I heard about his time in World War II were told at the dinner table and were told on weekends when I spent the night at my grandparents’ house.” For Elizabeth, the details of her father’s personal fight during World War II were never fully told. (Murphy Collection)įor the mother and granddaughter duo, however, their recollections differ. Thank God, he survived.”įrank Murphy’s prisoner of war identification card, Stalag Luft III, Eastern Germany. It’s a miracle that he did because when he was released he was very sick. He had these old wooden shoes that he bartered to help him survive. “He had marched through the snow using newspaper on their feet.
For me, it just made me realize, I mean, he’s always going to be my hero, but also how much grit and will to live he possessed,” Elizabeth Murphy told HistoryNet. “My dad would never have considered himself a hero, he would have always just said he was just an ordinary young man - which he was. He was liberated on April 29, 1945,” according to the press release. AED Distribution NV specifically disclaims any and all liability for harm arising from buyer’s use or misuse of UVC devices either in development or end-use.Murphy later describes the missions as “a staccato succession of trials by fire on a scale unprecedented in aerial warfare.”Īrrested by German police, “Murphy shares the highs and lows of his internment in the infamous Stalag Luft III, later made famous by the Hollywood feature, ‘The Great Escape.’ The men survived freezing conditions, near-starvation and a last-minute forced march as the Russian Army approached. Each user of devices assumes full responsibility to become educated in and to protect from harmful irradiation. Each user must identify and perform all tests and analyses necessary to ensure that it’s finished application incorporating Luxibel’s products will be safe and suitable for use under end-use conditions. AED Distribution NV makes no warranty or guarantee, express or implied, as to results obtained in end-use, nor of any design incorporating its Products, recommendation or advice. Each user bears full responsibility for making their own determination as to the suitability of Luxibel products, recommendations or advice for its own particular use. No warranty, either expressed or implied, is made, however, to the accuracy and completeness of the information, nor is any responsibility assumed or implied for any loss or damage resulting from inaccuracies or omissions.
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