Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated American soldiers of World War II. He was awarded the Medal of Honor twice, the Distinguished Service Cross four times, the Silver Star twice, the Legion of Merit, and the Purple Heart. He not only won all these decorations but also found himself in many dangerous situations. He also fought in Korea after World War II and came back to win his fifth Distinguished Service Cross. He became a movie star in The Crimson Kimono (1951), directed by John Huston. He died in 1972 in Germany, at age 49; his body was sent home to Texas for burial in El Paso.
No soldier ever really survives a war.Audie Murphy
Let each man hear his own music and live by it. The drums roll one way for one man, and another way for another. You have to listen for your own.Audie Murphy
And freedom is what America means to the world.Audie Murphy
They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that.Audie Murphy
