Audie Leon Murphy was an Army Veteran and one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II. Murphy was born in 1925 on a north Texas sharecropper farm and as a child was known for his accuracy with a gun. Murphy’s father left the family and as a child, Murphy dropped out of school in fifth grade picked cotton for a dollar a day. Murphy’s mother died when he was only 16, leaving him and his siblings orphaned. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Murphy was determined to jo

Today at Arlington National Cemetery, seven new members were inducted into the prestigious Military District of Washington Sergeant Audie Murphy Club. Since 1986 the top two percent of U.S. Army non-commissioned officers have been recognized for “Leading from the Front”. Following the ceremony, members of the MDW Sergeant Audie Murphy Club laid a wreath at the gravesite of Audie Murphy, an annual tradition to celebrate the American hero's birthday - June 20, 1925. In this video, new club members

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