Audie Murphy

Soldier / Actor / World War II Figure

Born: 20 June 1924
Died: 28 May 1971 (airplane crash)
Birthplace: Kingston, Texas
Best known as: Highly-decorated WW II soldier
Audie Murphy was the most decorated American Army soldier of World War II. The orphaned son of Texas sharecroppers, he enlisted at age 18 and went on to win two dozen military medals for valor, including the coveted Congressional Medal of Honor. After the war Murphy parlayed his wartime fame into an up-and-down career as a movie actor, songwriter, and businessman. He wrote his war memoirs, To Hell And Back, and played himself in the 1955 movie of the same name.
Extra credit: June 20th is officially Audie Murphy Day in Texas... Murphy originally tried to join the Marines but was turned down for being too short.

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