A 21 year old badass

[beernutz]

Audie Leon Murphy

b. June 20, 1924. d. May 28, 1971.

CITATION: 2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry. 2d Lt. Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to prepared positions in a woods, while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by telephone. Behind him, to his right, 1 of our tank destroyers received a direct hit and began to burn. Its crew withdrew to the woods. 2d Lt. Murphy continued to direct artillery fire which killed large numbers of the advancing enemy infantry. With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, 2d Lt. Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer, which was in danger of blowing up at any moment, and employed its .50 caliber machine gun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to German fire from 3 sides, but his deadly fire killed dozens of Germans and caused their infantry attack to waver. The enemy tanks, losing infantry support, began to fall back. For an hour the Germans tried every available weapon to eliminate 2d Lt. Murphy, but he continued to hold his position and wiped out a squad which was trying to creep up unnoticed on his right flank. Germans reached as close as 10 yards, only to be mowed down by his fire. He received a leg wound, but ignored it and continued the single-handed fight until his ammunition was exhausted. He then made his way to his company, refused medical attention, and organized the company in a counterattack which forced the Germans to withdraw. His directing of artillery fire wiped out many of the enemy; he killed or wounded about 50. 2d Lt. Murphy's indomitable courage and his refusal to give an inch of ground saved his company from possible encirclement and destruction, and enabled it to hold the woods which had been the enemy's objective.

[Duke]

He's definitely a badass. Didn't read the post, but have read about the guy before.

~D

tl; dr

[Colonel Kataffy]

Have to admit though that it was a bit corny for him to make a movie about it and star in it as himself.

[Tron]

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tl; dr

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He killed like a billion German soldiers by himself.

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Have to admit though that it was a bit corny for him to make a movie about it and star in it as himself.


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I remember when this movie came out. Bad acting awards were earned.

I also remember him talking about his Holly-weird career. He let himself get talked into the whole movie scene and he wasn't proud of it. But he did make a few bucks, so WTF.

[whiskeytown]

was this during the Battle of the Bulge?

RB

[beernutz]

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Have to admit though that it was a bit corny for him to make a movie about it and star in it as himself.

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Audie Murphy originally declined the opportunity to portray himself in the movie, not wanting people to think that he was attempting to cash in on his role as a war hero.

[beernutz]

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was this during the Battle of the Bulge?

RB

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This action was in the Riquewihr Woods near Holtzwihr France, January 26th 1945. This was right after the end of the Battle of the Bulge which was Dec. '44 - Jan. '45 but taht took place in Belgium and Luxembourg.

[Bigdaddydvo]

Hence the Sergeant Audie Murphy club in the Army.