Since 2003, StoryCorps has traveled the country recording conversations between friends and family. In 2007, the StoryCorps traveling booth stopped in Sioux Falls. Gene Murphy was one of the participants He's been working to help disabled veterans since getting wounded and paralyzed in Vietnam in 1969. He later became national commander of the Disabled American Veterans. During 2013 State Fair, Murphy was presented with an award naming him South Dakota Veteran of the Year. During his 2007 StoryCorps interview, Gene Murphy recalled what happened after he was shot in Vietnam and discussed his life once he returned home.
StoryCorps: Gene Murphy
