- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Barney Burson and Audie Murphy playing checkers, United States, between 1939 amd 1945]
- Date of Original:
- 1939/1945
- Subject:
- Armed Forces
Recreations - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- United States, 1939-1945. Barney Burson (right) playing checkers with Audie Murphy. Burson was from Gainesville, Ga. He served in Co. M, 119th Regiment Infantry which was part of the 30th division. He participated in the Battle of the Bulge. Murphy was born in Texas on June 20, 1924. He was the most decorated United States soldier in World War II. After the war he enjoyed a movie career. He died in an air crash on May 28, 1971.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_usa023
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:usa023
- Additional Rights Information:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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