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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. In addition, he was also decorated for bravery by the governments of France and Belgium, and was credited with killing over 240 German soldiers and...
Jan 23, 2015 · On January 26, 1945, Audie Murphy and some 40 U.S. troops sat shivering in a frigid, snow-covered clearing near the Alsatian town of Holtzwihr. The battle-weary soldiers had been ordered to hold a ...
Audie Murphy (born June 20, 1925, near Kingston, Texas, U.S.—died May 28, 1971, near Roanoke, Virginia) American war hero and actor who was one of the most-decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II. Audie Murphy. Audie Murphy in To Hell and Back (1955), directed by Jesse Hibbs. Murphy joined the army in 1942, having falsified his birth ...
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.
On January 26, 1945, 2nd Lieutenant Audie L. Murphy was commanding company B of the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, near the French village of Holtzwihr when six German tanks and several hundred infantrymen attacked his company. Murphy ordered his men to fall back to defensive positions in nearby woods while he covered their ...
Aug 28, 2021 · After Audie Murphy appeared on the cover of LIFE in July 1945, he caught the eye of actor James Cagney, who believed Murphy could conquer Hollywood. James and his brother, Bill, encouraged Murphy to become an actor. Though Murphy believed he had “no talent,” he followed their advice and moved to Hollywood, where he nabbed a bit part in 1948’s Beyond Glory.
He was Audie Murphy, the baby-faced Texas farmboy who became an American legend. Murphy grew up on a sharecropper's farm in Hunt County, Texas. After his father deserted the family, he helped raise his 11 brothers and sisters, dropping out of school in the fifth grade to earn money picking cotton. He was 16 years old when his mother died, and ...
