The Life of American Hero and Old Hollywood Icon Audie Murphy

Josie Murphy died in May 1941 after years of poverty and poor health. Audie was devastated by the loss of the parent who had held the family together after Emmett disappeared.

Without Josie, the younger children could no longer remain together. Several were placed in the Boles Children’s Home near Quinlan, Texas. Now largely responsible for himself, Audie needed a new direction just as America moved toward war.