Murry Plunk:  

Life well i have three grown kids one son two daughters, I have an MBA and I am studying for my Doctorate, i have worked all over the world, i have had many different careers, i enjoy traveling and so far have traveled to all but two states in us, i will add those some day, i married my high school sweet heart 51 years ago and we are still sweet hearts today ( Diane Matlock Plunk my wife passed away 01/08/2022). Murry K. Plunk History While in the US Army in 1972 I was sent to Germany and stationed at Baum-holder Germany in the Alps Mountains. I arrived in mid January during a snow storm. There was over 10 inches of snow on the ground at that time and the temperatures were cold enough to freeze a bottle of beer in seven minutes. My first week end there I went for a walk during one evening to seek a pay phone where I could call home and let my wife know I was safely there. I followed the road headed for the closest civilian town which was down the mountain. It had turned dark as I walked and I was startled by a car coming around the winding road. I had to jump clear to keep from getting hit. The drivers never saw me or did not stop. Where I jumped there was no shoulder to land on, there was only a steep cliff. I fell over sixty feet straight down. During the fall I tried to catch myself on the side of the mountain and only my left leg caught hold while the rest of me fell on. I broke my leg and ankle at that time plus tearing apart all the tendons and ligaments in my left leg. That rolled me into a ball and I hit the bottom of the cliff on my left shoulder breaking it. I lay at the bottom of the cliff for a few minutes calling for help but there was no one there. I stood up and tried to walk but my left leg was damaged to bad to use. I started crawling back to my base using my broken shoulder to get help. I crawled for over four hours back to the post housing area. The first house I knocked on the door and was told to go away. I crawled to another house and there I realized I needed help no matter what. I made the decision to kick down the door instead of knocking. So with my good foot I kicked the entire door down with one massive kick. The door I kicked in belonged to the head doctor of the medical clinic on my post. He was more than a little mad at me so he called the Military police on me. While he was doing that I took off my sho...Expand for more