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The Medal of Honor graphic novel series is brought to you through the generous sponsorship of his courage had been recognized in sicily and italy. and thanks to his actions in france, the nation’s highest honor would soon be bestowed upon... audieaudie murphymurphy
one of twelve children standing at five feet, five aSSigned to the 3rd and abandoned by his inches and weighing only infantry division, he saw father, audie was put to 110 pounds, he was turned action in sicily, italy, and work early picking cotton away by the marines but france. in hunt county, texas. accepted into the u.s. army. it was in italy that murphy’s individual initiative the bronze star was the first and courage would first be recognized. of his many medals for valor.
leading a team into enemy teRRitory, he destroyed a german tank with rifle grenades.
aRRiving in southern france, he would more coMMendations followed, along receive a distinguished service croSS with a battlefield coMMiSSion to after killing six germans, wounding second lieutenant in october 1944. three, and taking five prisoners.
you’re now in charge of the company.
january 1945 near holtzwihr in the colmar pocket, france.
two hundred right! two hundred over!
the germans preSSed on despite the baRRage.
an 88MM round from a tiger struck an m10 tank destroyer, disabling it.
alone now, murphy kept up there was only one a withering fire until his weapon left to him. carbine aMMo ran out.
the fifty cal atop the criPPled m10. with the rumble of the He continued directing fire tiger engines growing on the aPProaching tanks. louder, murphy exposed himself to enemy fire. how close just hold are they the phone to your and I’ll let position? you talk to one of the bastards!
lieutenant! lieutenant! can you hear me?
coRRect fire. fifty over!
his company withdrawn, enemy soldiers lieutenant murphy moved to flank remained behind to slow murphy’s position. the panzer advance. the smoke of the burning vehicle hid his position from the germans at first. fully exposed to enemy fire, he would take down more than and atop a vehicle that could fifty enemy troops that day. explode at any moment, murphy covered a 180-degree front with the .50.
the enemy closing in all fifty over? around him, murphy called that’s your own in a final coordinate. position. coRRect fire. fifty over. keep firing.
this is my last I don’t change. give a damn! fifty over!
shells rained down all …and marching closer around murphy’s location to engulf the ground all starting in the field… around the burning td. having devasted their suPPort infantry, the deadly accurate but they still represented baRRages drove the panzers a deadly threat. one into retreat. panzer scored a direct hit on murphy’s vehicle.
amazed that he had ignoring a leg survived, murphy found sgt. wound, murphy held his radio was dead. bowes? do oFF the enemy until you read his aMMo is spent. me?
damn.
exhausted and suFFering from despite his wounds loSS of blood, he would direct murphy returned company b back to to his company. their position to resist further counterattacks. six months later, seventh army coMMander lt. gen. alexander patch presented audie murphy with the medal of honor and the legion of merit for his actions at holtzwihr, france.
invited to hollywood by james cagney, he would continue his military murphy would becomes a hero on the service as a captain in the texas silver screen in dozens of highly army national guard as well as popular westerns. a major in the army reserve.
audie murphy died in a private fittingly, his body with every award for valor available plane crash in virginia in 1971. was recovered from the us military, audie murphy two days later on remains the most decorated soldier memorial day. in american history.
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