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Born on June 20, 1924, into a sharecropper’s family near the small town of Farmersville in northeastern Texas, Audie Murphy was the seventh of 12 children. He grew up in extreme poverty. In school, his classmates nicknamed him “Short Breeches” because his only pair of pants had shrunk from relentless washing.
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. 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 ...
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.
Sponsored by the Audie Murphy Research Foundation, a non-profit, tax-deductible 501 (c) (3) educational foundation recognized by the IRS. Image source: Audie Murphy: American Soldier written by Harold B. Simpson . Audie Leon Murphy, born June 20, 1925*, son of poor Texas sharecroppers, rose to national fame as the most decorated U.S. combat ...
Jun 1, 1971 · ROANOKE, Va., May 31— Audie Murphy, the nation's most‐decorated hero of World War II, and five other men were found dead today in the wreckage of their light plane near the summit of a craggy ...
Died: May 28, 1971, near Roanoke, VA, United States. Buried: Arlington National Cemetery (MH) (46-166-1) , Arlington, VA, United States. Location of Medal: Dallas Scottish Rite Museum, Dallas, TX. U.S. Army Second Lieutenant Audie Leon Murphy was presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War II.
They found three bodies in the mangled fuselage and three others in the scattered debris. Among the dead was 46-year-old Audie Murphy, the most decorated veteran in US history. Murphy, who had been flying to Virginia to check out an investment opportunity, had earned 21 medals in World War II, including the Congressional Medal of Honor.
