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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.
Aug 28, 2021 · Audie Murphy: The Life And Death Of An Iconic American Soldier. How Audie Murphy Went From Fending Off 200 Nazis By Himself To Becoming A Hollywood Star. By Kaleena Fraga | Edited By Jaclyn Anglis. Published August 28, 2021. Updated September 14, 2023. He earned every honor from the United States military plus five from abroad at 19.
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 ...
