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January 26 2012

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On January 26, 1945,  2nd Lieutenant Audie Murphy climbed atop a burning tank destroyer and held 2 companies of German infantry and 6 tanks at bay, with only a mounted machine gun and field telephone to direct artillery fire, until a counter attack could be mounted.  This is just one of several narratives describing his actions which earned him the Medal of Honor.  

Just six months earlier then-Sergeant Murphy had earned the Distinguished Service Cross.

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    I’ve been fascinated by this man since I was 6.
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    And then he went on to star in a film adaptation of Graham Greene’s The Quiet American. Which was hilarious because the...
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    Audie Murphy was badass. Read up on him.
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