Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( Ptsd ) - 1652 Words

When senior leaders in the United States Army get together with their subordinate soldiers and discuss potential and the importance of always being prepared for your mission, traditionally there is one soldier that is always brought up in the conversation. His name is Audie Murphy. He was a man so small that when he first attempted to enlist, the Marine Corps turned him away because he was too small. By the time he would finish his military career, he would be one of the most decorated war heroes in the history of the United States military, be battlefield promoted from enlisted to the officer ranks, be a tremendous spokesperson for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and his name would serve as the title of one of the most†¦show more content†¦Harvey 2 In his self entitled book, To Hell and Back, Audie Murphy shed a little light on how his leadership looked at him early on in his career at the beginning of the war: â€Å"My company commander, looking at my thin frame and cursed baby face, decides that the front is no place for me. He has me transferred to headquarters to serve as a runner. I should be grateful, but I am NOT. I am constantly sneaking off with patrols and scouting parties. The company commander finally calls me to the carpet. â€Å"I hear you can’t stay away from the front Murphy†. â€Å"Yes sir† I replied. â€Å"What’s wrong with you? You want to get killed?†. â€Å"No sir†. â€Å"Now I’m going to do myself a favor. I’m putting you back in the lines and you’ll stay there until you’re so sick of action you want to vomit†. (2) Audie Murphy, never one to back down from the challenge took his duties seriously and understood that the cost of unpreparedness would lead to certain death on the battlefield during the war and because he was so underestimated there was always a chip on his shoulder. After returning to the front line he became very ill and a major saw him on the side of the road puking. The major told him that he needed to go and see a medic. Audie Murphy told him that he would, but instead returned to his men and after a week he finally passed out and woke up in the aid station. By the time Audie Murphy was 19, he would be a second lieutenant on the front lines in France fighting off a company