Random FactsCuriousOneMay 06, 2015Army, audie, decorated, medals, most, murphy, US, valor, WWIIComment

Audie Leon Murphy received every military combat award for valor available from the US Army in WWII

Random FactsCuriousOneMay 06, 2015Army, audie, decorated, medals, most, murphy, US, valor, WWIIComment

Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. The 19-year-old Murphy received the Medal of Honor after single-handedly holding off an entire company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945, then leading a successful counterattack while wounded and out of ammunition. @Curionic

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