Abstract
In the long annals of Irish history, many leaders have distinguished themselves as warriors in battle or as civilian heroes, or both. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blain “Paddy” Mayne, a founding member of the Special Air Service and a highly decorated World War II British Army officer from Northern Ireland, is one. Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, an Irish Catholic priest whose rescue network helped over 6,500, escaped Allied POWs, Jews, and other fugitives at risk of Nazi persecution evade capture by the Germans during World War II, is another.1 But, not all heroes of Irish descent are remembered equally. Take, for example, war hero-turned- film idol Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier of World War II, and renowned World War
I war hero and statesman, William J. Donovan.
Recommended Citation
Eich, Ritch
(2026)
"Irish-Americans Audie Murphy and William Donovan: A Celebrity and a Statesman,"
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership: Vol. 19
:
Iss.
2
, Article 13.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/1948-0733.1653
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/jvbl/vol19/iss2/13
