The Ballad of Audie Murphy Most Decorated Soldier of WWII

Audie Leon Murphy (1925-1971)
America's Most Decorated Soldier of WWII

The video displays through video clips Murphy's role as a National icon and legend.
Clips are from Murphy's autobiographical film "To Hell and Back" starring Audie Murphy as himself.

Medal of Honor Citation:
"Second Lieutenant Audie L. Murphy, 01692509, 15th Infantry, Army of the United States, on 26 January 1945, near Holtzwihr, France, commanded Company B, which was attacked by six tanks and waves of infantry. Lieutenant Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to a prepared position 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 one of our tank destroyers received a direct hit and began to burn. Its crew withdrew to the woods. Lieutenant Murphy continued to direct artillery fire which killed large numbers of the advancing enemy infantry. With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, Lieutenant Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer which was in danger of blowing up any instant and employed its .50 caliber machine gun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to the German fire from three 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 Lieutenant 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 personally killed or wounded about 50. Lieutenant 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."

To view and sign a Petion to President Obama requesting that Audie Murphy be posthumously bestowed the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, our Nation's highest civilian honor, in recognition of his lifetime contributions and achievements to the Nation as a soldier, best-selling author, actor, songwriter and patriot. To view and sign the Petition to President Obama, go to this link:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Audi...
or go to Google and type the phrase "Audie Murphy Petition" to find the link.

Visit: www.audiemurphy.com for more info
Visit my Facebook Group Page at: Audie Murphy American Legend

Music: The Ballad of Audie Murphy, by Ed Raney.
Video: To Hell and Back, starring Audie Murphy as himself, Universal International 1955

Thank-you!

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[pnovak69]

Just want you to know we loss another great hero this past week. Go CMOHS.org. Look up PFC Michael (Mike) Colallilo. From Duluth, MN. Born Hibbing, MN 12-01-1925.

[Audiesdaddy]

@pnovak69 Yes, Mike signed our petition for Audie.

[dudejustponts]

Read all quiet on the western front...it is truly life changing on views on war

[Audiesdaddy]

@dudejustponts Excellent point!

[skatepunkzero]

I need to sign

Audie is one of my hero's the reason, I enlisted

[Audiesdaddy]

@skatepunkzero Please do!

[Audiesdaddy]

Thanks!

We need your support on behalf of this great American

[Audiesdaddy]

@Rikki0 Your Dad hit the nail on the head and apparently did know Murph. He was exactly that......very quite and reserved!

[Audiesdaddy]

@MrMagicAddict It was, extremely cold and frigid! Hollywood does play a part as you know.

[Audiesdaddy]

@emosh73 He was one hell of a tough guy!

[emosh73]

Five foot Six and full of GUTS!!!

Go MURPH!!

[MrMagicAddict]

I could have sworn that it was winter in two feet of snow when this battle took place.

Hmm oh well, what can you do about Hollywood?