To Hell and Back
1955
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Jan 23, 2015 · Home. Topics. World War II. WWII Hero Audie Murphy: ‘How Come I’m Not Dead?’. The 19-year-old U.S. soldier personally killed or wounded some 50 German troops, earning the Medal of Honor for one...
May 1, 2024 · Audie Murphy, American war hero and actor who was one of the most-decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II. He notably jumped onto a burning tank destroyer to turn its machine gun on enemy troops. His notable films included The Red Badge of Courage and To Hell and Back.
Audie Murphy. Actor: To Hell and Back. Audie Murphy became a national hero during World War II as the most decorated combat soldier of the war. Among his 33 awards was the Medal of Honor, the highest award for bravery that a soldier can receive.
Profile. Audie Murphy Single-handedly Stopped a German Attack. From Murphy’s exposed position on top of the burning tank destroyer, he killed over 20 German soldiers and repelled their attack. January 26, 2020.
Lieutenant Audie Murphy posed for this portrait after receiving the Medal of Honor for heroism on the battlefield in France. Murphy remains the most highly decorated soldier in U.S. history. The boy loved to hunt in the local scrubland.
The Audie L. Murphy Memorial Website is dedicated to the preservation, memory, honor, and history of the late Audie L. Murphy, America's most decorated combat soldier of World War II and a famous movie star. The website is sponsored by the Audie Murphy Research Foundation (AMRF), a non-profit 501.c.3 organization.
3 days ago · Audie Murphy. June 20, 1925–May 28, 1971. Born in 1925 in a Hunt County sharecropper’s shack, Audie Murphy recalled being "thrown into the struggle for existence" as a child. Orphaned at sixteen, he escaped a life of poverty when the United States entered World War II. The undersized Murphy lied about his age to enlist in the army.
