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Essay on Biography of a Famous NCO
Audie Murphy was the most decorated American Army soldier of World War II. He was an orphaned son of Texas sharecroppers and he signed up at age 18 and went on to win two dozen military medals for bravery, including the popular Congressional Medal of Honor. After the war Murphy spent his wartime reputation into an up-and-down career as a movie actor, songwriter, and businessman. He wrote his war memoirs, To Hell And Back, and played himself in the 1955 movie of the same name. Audie Leon Murphy was born on June 20, 1924, in Kingston, Texas. Audie, son of poor Texas sharecroppers, rose to fame as the most decorated U.S. combat soldier of World War II (Maginnis, 1987).
Among his 33 awards and ribbons was the Medal of Honor, the highest military award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the United States of America, for "noticeable courage at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty." He also received every honor for bravery that his country had to offer, some of them more than once, including 5 ribbons by France and Belgium. He was credited with either killing over 240 of the enemy while wounding or capturing many others, and he became a Saravia 2 legend within the 3rd Infantry Division. During the beginning of his service as an Army Private, Audie climbed to the enlisted rank of Staff Sergeant, was given a battle field commission as 2nd Lieutenant, was wounded three times, fought in 9 major campaigns across the European Theater, and survived the war. During Murphy's 3 years active service as a combat soldier in World War II, Audie became one of the best fighting combat soldiers of this or any other century (Simpson, 1975).
What Audie accomplished during this period is most significant and probably will never be repeated by another soldier. The U.S....
