The Seven Fighting Murphies

With all her seven sons in the United States armed forces Mrs. E. V. D. Murphy of 1867 Alder Street, Eugene, is a typical example of a true army mother.

The University of Oregon boasts the attendance of six of the Murphy boys within its portals over a period of the last ten years.

Captain Ernest Murphy, Jr. now stationed at Camp White, Oregon, started college in Hawaii but finished his last three years at the University as a staunch Sigma Nu and social science major.

He worked in the CCC District Quartermaster's office in Sacramento a few years preceding his enlistment in the army. He was married to Nonie Johnson of that city in December 1942.

First Lieutenant Charles Murphy now stationed at Camp Adair, Oregon was the next son in line who attended the University and majored in B. A. Before his enlistment in the army he was company commander in the CCC for Eugene.

First Lieutenant Arthur Murphy, Camp Gordon Johnson, Florida, went right into the service after his graduation in 1940 from the school of business administration. He is now married to Eleanor O'Donnel of Tacoma, Washington, and has one daughter.

First Lieutenant Allen Murphy, Fort Bliss, Texas, received his bachelor of arts degree in 1939 and after joining Uncle Sam has already spent two years abroad in active foreign service.

Private Eugene Murphy, New Guinea Medical Detachment, was an education major while he attended college but was unable to finish because of the present war. He has been in foreign service for one year. He was a member of the Oregon national guard.

Edward B. Murphy, Robins Field Georgia, entered the University in the fall of 1942 and became a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He enlisted in the army air corps ground supply school in November, 1942 and is now in advanced training.

"It gets rather lonesome with all the boys gone," stated Mrs. Murphy, "but the army is the only place for them to be right now. Their father was a colonel in the regular army so they feel perfectly at home and really love the army—they have been around it so long."

- By Roberta Boyd, ’44, Old Oregon April 1943