http://www.grunts.net/legends/audiemurphy.html

 

woah......THATS A LIST! R.I.P

Medal of Honor
Distinguished Service Cross
Silver Star with First Oak Leaf Cluster
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal with "V" Device and First Oak Leaf Cluster
Purple Heart with Second Oak Leaf Cluster
U.S. Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal
Good Conduct Medal
Distinguished Unit Emblem with First Oak Leaf Cluster
American Campaign Medal
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with One Silver Star, Four Bronze Service Stars (representing nine campaigns) and one Bronze Arrowhead (representing assault landing at Sicily and Southern France)
World War II Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp
Armed Forces Reserve Medal
Combat Infantry Badge
Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar
Expert Badge with Bayonet Bar
French Fourragere in Colors of the Croix de Guerre
French Legion of Honor, Grade of Chevalier
French Croix de Guerre With Silver Star
French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Medal of Liberated France
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 Palm

 

his medal of honor citation


Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company B 1 5th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Holtzwihr France, 26 January 1945. Entered service at: Dallas, Tex. Birth: Hunt County, near Kingston, Tex. G.O. No.. 65, 9 August 1945. 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.

 

that guy was seriously a pimp... he is a trooper

 

what a ****ing sav!!!!!!!!

 

Now THAT'S a war hero.

 

Audie Murphy is the most decorated man in the Army. He originally tried to enlist in the Marine Corps but the recruiters said he was too small and short . When i went to Europe to places like Nijmegen, Bastone, Berlin i learned a lot about him.

He's a legend among men in he service and actually has a medal named after him in which i was nominated for as an SGT. but did not recieve during the Audie Murphy Board. Regardless, it was a great honor to have had the chance to recieve the Audie Murphy Award. I missed it by very a slim margain but oh well.

There's people with enough medals to compare to Audie Murphy that are still alive today. If you want to read about a extreme bad *** old man you need to read SGM Billy Waugh's new book Hunting the Jackal about 70+ yr old SGM Waugh (ex. MACV SOG CCC CCN CCS and CIA operator) running around as of recently in OEF etc. dudes been shot in the head and other parts of his body and keeps on going... a stud to say the least and another living legend. http://www.harpercollins.com/catalog...sbn=0060564091 I'm still waiting for my copy as are many others.

Here's a site on him: http://members.***.net/hunting_the_jackal/

 

dont forget Carlos Hathcock...


that was one of the guys who made me want to serve so bad..


*curses at left arm*

 

How could i forget Carlos Hathcock? He was one of my major inspirations to get my "B4".