Bos'n Scarpello
Original pencil sketch of a soldier (gunner's mate?) standing at ease. [See also: 2nd Class Gunner's Mate Snider and Signalman 2nd Class Bobo.] Original pencil sketch of a soldier (gunner's mate?) standing at ease. [See also: 2nd Class Gunner's Mate Snider and Signalman 2nd Class Bobo.] Murphy joined the New York 7th Regiment in 1940 and trained at Camp Stewart, Georgia. He sailed to Australia in 1943 and served on General MacArthur's staff. Later he went to New Guinea and the Philippines before moving on to Japan following the surrender.
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