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Remembering Audie Murphy, a true American hero

Audie Leon Murphy was born on June 20, 1925, in Kingston, Texas. He was the seventh of twelve children born to Emmett Berry Murphy and Josie Bell Murphy. The family survived by sharecropping — farming ...
While he racked up more medals than any other soldier in World War II, Audie Murphy wore this olive drab wool Eisenhower jacket, size 36. Kelly Marshall Every story about Audie Murphy is a story about ...