Patrick Murphy

Interview of Patrick Murphy for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Murphy discusses his life in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania and his military service in World War II including as an artillery man on a 240 mm Howitzer M1 during the Battle of the Bulge and guard duty in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

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Blair Williams, "Patrick Murphy, January 22, 2020," in the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library, http://gardnerlibrary.org/stories/patrick-murphy, (accessed Month Day, Year).

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Interview of Patrick Murphy for the Elizabeth V. and George F. Gardner Digital Library Memory Bank. Murphy discusses some of his experiences in the European Theatre of World War II and his life following his discharge from the Army in including working at C. H. Maslands and Mount Holly Milk.

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