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Audie Murphy
Audie Leon Murphy was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history. He received every military combat award for valor available from the United States Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. Murphy received the M…
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entertainment · American soldier and actor (1925–1971) · military officer · military personnel · actor · film actor · television actor · songwriter · composer · screenwriter · lyricist · film producer · also Audie Murphy, Murphy
Born 20 June 1925 · Died 28 May 1971 · Q337185
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2026· 8 entries
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Clairton's Brandon Murphy is making the most of his opportunities — on and off the field - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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MLB.com: Pat Murphy on facing Sale, Miz start and more
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Team USA: Eight Years and Nine Medals Later, Ryan Murphy Continues to Carry the U.S. Backstroke Legacy
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The Guardian: The Shards review – murder, 80s mayhem and the Ryan Murphy comeback we’ve been waiting for
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The Guardian: Sex, drugs and serial killers: inside Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis’s lurid TV thriller
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2013· 3 entries
Won Medal of Honor (2013).
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Won Texas Legislative Medal of Honor (2013).
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Murphy was honored by his home state with the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor
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1975· 1 entry
A court awarded Murphy's widow, Pamela, and their two children $2
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1974· 1 entry
A large granite marker was erected just off the Appalachian Trail at 37
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1971· 2 entries
Died 1971-05-28.
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“The true meaning of America, you ask? It’s in a Texas rodeo, in a policeman’s badge, in the sound of laughing children, in a political rally, in a newspaper. ... In all these things, and many more, you’ll find America. In all these things, you’ll find freedom. And freedom is what America means to the world. And to me.”
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1969· 2 entries
His official separation from the Guard transferred him to the United States Army Reserve
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For Murphy's last film, A Time for Dying
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1968· 1 entry
Stated that he lost $260,000 in an Algerian oil deal and was dealing with the Internal Revenue Service over unpaid taxes
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1957· 1 entry
Murphy played The Utica Kid alongside James Stewart and Dan Duryea in the western Night Passage
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1953· 1 entry
Starred in Frederick de Cordova's Column South, and played Jim Harvey in Nathan Juran's Tumbleweed, an adaptation of the Kenneth Perkins novel Three Were Renegades
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1952· 1 entry
Was The Duel at Silver Creek with director Don Siegel
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1951· 1 entry
At a salary of $25,000 to play the lead of The Youth in The Red Badge of Courage, directed by John Huston
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1944· 1 entry
Participated in the Battle of Anzio, the liberation of Rome, and the invasion of southern France
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1941· 2 entries
Murphy's older sister helped him to falsify documentation about his birthdate to meet the minimum age for enlisting in the military
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Worked at a radio repair shop and at a combination general store, garage and gas station in Greenville
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1925· 2 entries
Born 1925-06-20.
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Based on statements made by his To Hell and Back co-author David McClure, his California driver's license, and by Murphy himself
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