Audie Murphy

World War two was the greatest of exclusively wars of all time fought on this earth, with millions of men from every corner of the planet fighting for the arrive that they felt right. Out of all of these men from this war and arguably whatsoever war audio recording Murphy is the greatest. Born the seventh bulge out of dozen children to a sharecropping family on June 20th 1924, all audio wanted to do in life was to be somebody (Gale). To do this speech sound had to fight against the odds his entire life on to his way to becoming one of Americas almost recognized and cherished people during and later on the War.One of the reasons Audio was such an paradigm to the rest of America, is be nonplus at the decease of the day he was Just an characterless boy. Even before the war, at the age fifteen in 1939 Audio dropped out of school to help support his family. The year after that his fix left his family making him the man of the house, only to have his mother intermit when h e was seventeen in 1941. These events would cause most men to violate but this Just drove Audio into trying to help the cause at war, to make himself somebody.At offset he did not succeed in enlisting being only five foot five inches and a hundred and twelve mounds none of the branches of the armed forces would accept him. Eventually on the 30th of June 1942 the US Army accepted him, placing him in company B, world-class battalion, and 15th infantry regiment of the 3rd division. After extensive planning in Africa he was in part of the invasion of Italy, after his low contact with the enemy he said Ten seconds after the first shot was fired at me by an enemy soldier, combat was no longer glamorous, Then later saying But it was important, because all of a sudden I wanted very much to stay unrecorded (Gale).This represents very well of how Americas youth, though ready felt with their first attempt of war. Out of all the times that Audio went above the call in which he was asked to during his time at war, at that place were two instances in which he proved to everyone that he was a hero. The first instance happened when his company do their way north the eastern border of France during operation dragoon (Biography). at that place was a hilltop dotted with German machine gun and sniper come near he single handedly worked his way up the hill taking them out (Gale). In the midst of this his friend, Lattice Tiptop Joined him in the assault.The Germans at this point acted like they surrendered, with this Lattice stood up then was shot from the untruth Germans (Biography). Seeing his friend getting shot, after being lied too, Audio went on a rampage taking out the remaining go up using the German guns and grenades (Gale). For this Audio was given the second highest award for valor, the marvelous Service Cross, and for his next act of valor he is awarded the Congressional thenar of Honor. Audio received the highest of all medals in woods in France. It al l began when his B Company was ambushed by six German tanks and infantry.He then held mark to call in artillery while his troops retreated to the wood lines safety. He then headed too tank destroyer that was already chalk up and mounted to 50 Caliber gun, proceeding to mow down the Germans infantry. He was exposed on three sides but with deadly accurate shots he kept off all the advancing troops. Artillery then came in with deadly effectiveness, a squad of Germans tried to sneak up on Murphy but when they were within ten yards they were taken out. He was blast in the leg but fired till the ammwholeion was gone, strip back to the wood effective and drove the remaining Germans out.Audio at the end of it all saved his men and took fifty German soldiers in the fighting (Honors). After the Germans surrender to the allied forces, Audio returned home to America. He was paraded somewhat for being a hero of war and was put on the bandaging of Life on July 16, 1945. After seeing this p hoto actor crowd Chaney asked Murphy if he would try a career in Hollywood. He started doing small movies and wrote a book about his stories in the European campaigns To quarry and Back. The post war America loved this book became a subject area bestseller and later a movie in which he starred in (Biography).In conclusion Audio Murphy was perhaps the most import unit during the entire war. He killed two-hundred and forty enemies in the process of saving his men. He is the most decorated person in history with thirty-three medals, of them there are three Purple Hearts and French Crosses of War, a silver gray Star, Distinguished Service Star, and a Congressional Medal of Honor. Through Audio Murphys heroic acts of selflessness and by keeping his head level in horrific situations, he became one of Americas most loved people during and after the war. Work Cited Audio Murphy.