Madison County GaArchives Obituaries.....Murray, Bond February 1946
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Danielsville Monitor,  22 February 1946


MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY FOR ENS. BOND MURRAY


  Memorial Services for Ens. Bond Murray were held last Sunday monring at 
11:00 o'clock at the Danielsville Baptist Church, of which he was a member.  
Rev. A. E. Logan, of Athens, who baptized Bond, conducted the impressive 
service.
   In addition to his parents, Ensign Muffay is survived by a brother Hamil 
Murray, USNR, now a senior medical student at Emory University, Atlanta.
   The 27 year old Navy officer, son of Judge and Mrs. J. T. Murray, members 
of two of this section's most hight esteemed and widely known families, was 
previously reported as missing in action.  After the required length of time, 
his status was changed by the Navy and on February 11th his parents were 
notified by the Department that his name had been placed on the list of those 
who had given their lives for their country.  His death, the official 
communication from H. Steve Heusen, Acting Secretary of the Navy, said is 
presumed to have occurred December 17th 1945.
   A graduate of Danielsville High School, Ensign Murray attended North 
Georgia College at Dahlonega for a year and then attended the United States 
Naval Academy of Annapolis. He  was employed by the State Highway Department 
in Atlanta at the time he went into service in August of 1940.  After 
preliminary training and the customary cruise, he was ordered to Northwestern 
University where he was commissioned in December of the same year.
   Ensign Murray was assigned to duty at Cavite, Phillippine Islands, and 
sailed from San Francisco in January of 1941, reaching Cavita about February 
1st.
   He served on the U.S.S. Pigeon under the commander Richard E. Hawes, of 
Thomson, Ga. until the outbreak of war and then was transferred to Motor 
Torpedoboat Squadron Three, under command of Commander John D. Bulkeley, one 
of the most famous squadrons operating in the Pacific.
   It was this squadron of Commander Bulkeley's that thrilled the allied world 
by its daring in evacuating General Douglas MacArthur from Corregidor, and 
also took to safety President Manuel Quezon from the Phillipines, as well as 
millions of dollars in gold bullion.
   Awarded the Silver Star for gallantry and holder of two Presidential 
Citations, Ensign Murray was last heard from at Lake Lanoa, Mindanao, where he 
was in command of an anti-aircraft battery.
   For some time he was listed as missing, and a letter from Admiral Randall 
Jacobs, Chief of Naval Personnel, suggested he was a prisoner of war, 
mentioning he was serving at Cuba at the time of its capitulation.  Admiral 
Jacobs noted Ensign Murray had orders to be flown to safety if he so desired, 
but that he refused to take advantage of the offer 'considering it was his 
duty to stay with his men.'
   A letter from commander Bulkeley to Judge and Mrs. Murray cited Ensign 
Murray's part in the taking to safety of General MacArthur and also of the 
rescue of President Queson, and said Ensign Murray had received the Silver 
Star for Gallantry in Action.
   Commander Bulkeley reported in his letter that a plane was sent to Lake 
Lanoa to take out the officer and others, but that the plane was filled with 
Army nurses when it returned.


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