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Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor that he demonstrated at age 19 for single-handedly holding off a company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945, before leading a successful counterattack while wounded.
Apr 20, 2015 · In the first biography covering his entire life including his severe PTSD and his tragic death at age 45 the unusual story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated hero of WWII, is brought to life for a new generation.
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Apr 24, 2015 · Audie Murphy became the poster child for timeless American virtues of innocence, humility, honesty, and steely courage, and yet he would be haunted by nightmares for the rest of his life.
Jan 4, 2018 · What Murphy was about to discover is that the hero’s deed is only the down payment on the price he must pay for acclaim. Frequently the medal becomes a curse for the man who wears it. Some 111 men won the Victoria Cross during Britain’s 19th-century campaigns.
- Audie Murphy – Early Life
- Audie Murphy – World War II
- PTSD
- Movies
- Later Life and Death
- The Sergeant Audie Murphy Club
He was born June 20th, 1925 in Kingston, Texas. His father was a sharecropper, which is close to indentured servants. His father was allowed to grow crops on someone else’s land and keep some of the profits while sharing it with the owner. His father would later abandon the family, which forced the young Audie Murphy to quit school to start working...
After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, which brought American officially into the war, albeit, America had been unofficially supporting the allies since the war began. Audie Murphy was rejected by the military the first try because he was too small and scrawny. He was too underweight and was underage at 16 years old. He spent months working out ...
When Murphy returned from the war in 1945, he had horrific nightmares at night. He would wake up with night sweats and sleep with a pistol by his bed. He often woke up vomiting and had debilitating headaches. Murphy would see a doctor in 1947, who prescribed him sleep pills. He would use those until the 1960s, which is when he realized he was depen...
As Audie Murphy was battling “battle fatigue,” he was using his fame to propel him into a movie star. He would act in 26 movies where his name is in the credits. He was in mostly westerns portraying the hero of the film. Murphy wrote an autobiography called To Hell and Back, which had become an instant bestseller. He portrayed himself during the mo...
Murphy was able to make good money as an actor, but he also liked to gamble. His gambling became the most severe at a time when he was also battling his addiction to Placidyl in the 1960s. He would claim he hit rock bottom during that time. He had lost most of his money and was addicted to pills. He would try to commit suiced multiple times during ...
The United States Army created the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club to recognize excellence in leadership. To get nominated you must supervise at least two Soldiers and get nominated by your chain-of-command, and have a high physical fitness test score. Once you meet that criteria, the nominee goes in front of a board of senior Sergeants to carefully rev...
On 21 September, 1945, Audie was released from the Army as an active member and reassigned to inactive status. During this same time, actor James Cagney invited Murphy to Hollywood in September 1945, when he saw Murphy's photo on the cover of Life Magazine.
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Jan 23, 2015 · The 19-year-old U.S. soldier personally killed or wounded some 50 German troops, earning the Medal of Honor for one of WWII's most astonishing battlefield actions.
