Audie Murphy: To hell and back, over and over again
The story of heavily-decorated GI Audie Murphy has been told well. The diminutive sharecropper from Texas fudged his age and finally was able to join the army when he was…
Audie Murphy starred in these Hollywood flicks
After he was earning awards on the battlefield, decorated soldier Audie Murphy — yes that Audie Murphy — made a name for himself in a whole new light: in Hollywood….
5 lesser-known facts about the most decorated soldier in American history
No other soldier in American history has ever come close to earning the level of respect dutifully given to Lieutenant Audie Murphy. To date, no other soldier has managed to earn every single award for valor — including the Medal of Honor, two Sil…
Audie Murphy: American war hero, actor, advocate
Audie Murphy was an American actor known for his Western films. However, his initial claim to fame came from being the most decorated U.S. combat soldier of World War II. He was born in 1925 in a small Texas town to poor sharecroppers. Murphy joined…