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...
May 1, 2024 · In 1945 he received the Congressional Medal of Honor. On the strength of his heroic status, he became a movie actor after the war, starring in films such as The Red Badge of Courage (1951), To Hell and Back (1955), and The Quiet American (1958). He died when his private plane crashed.
He is a U.S. Army veteran who lives with his wife and two kids in Northern Virginia. On April 23, 1945, at the age of only 19, Audie Murphy received the Medal of Honor for his actions. It was not the first time Murphy had distinguished himself.
By Daniel R. Champagne. Jan 26, 2021. On a frigid January afternoon in 1945, Company B, 15th Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, was attacked on the outskirts of Holtzwihr, France, by six tanks and...
The Roots of a Legend. Born in Hunt County, Texas, in 1925, the son of Irish sharecroppers, Audie Leon Murphy grew up in extreme poverty — the Great Depression began in 1929 — inside a family in turmoil. Murphy's father deserted the family when he was just a kid. When Murphy was 16, as World War II broke out in Europe, his mother died.
May 7, 2012 · On January 26, 1945, he single-handedly held off six tanks and a force of 250 Germans by climbing on a burning tank destroyer and utilizing its .50 caliber machine gun. He was wounded in the process, but that didn’t stop him. His actions saved his company, and stopped the advancing Germans.
In September 1945, Murphy was released from active duty, promoted to 1st Lieutenant, and assigned to inactive status. His story caught the interest of superstar James Cagney, who invited Murphy to Hollywood.
