Audie Murphy was born on this day, June 20, in 1925. There is sometimes confusion over his year of birth — as he falsified a birth certificate to join the Army following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He ...

Rejected by the military for being too small and too weak, Audie Murphy refused to give up. Within just a few years, he would become the most decorated American soldier of World War II after facing ...

Military historian John C. McManus will examine the Allied invasion of Normandy through the experiences of the 1st Infantry Division during a free program July 23 at the Audie Murphy/American Cotton ...

Audie Murphy, the most decorate soldier of World War II, was inspired to enlist after the events of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. (U.S. Air Force/Brooke Sorensen) Stay connected to your community ...

An Arlington National Cemetery ceremony drew curious tourists from the adjacent Memorial Amphitheater and the Tomb of the Unknowns as 50 Sgt. Audie Murphy Club members from the Military District of ...

Audie Murphy remains a legend. In addition to being a Hollywood actor, songwriter and poet, he was also a coveted war hero, but not just any hero, Audie Murphy was the most decorated Soldier in World ...

In Texas, 76 men have been awarded the Medal of Honor for their courage above and beyond the call of duty since the inception of the medal. Perhaps the most recognizable of those figures from World ...

Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, earning every major U.S. military honor ...

GREENVILLE, Texas (KLTV) - Museum Director Susan Lanning explains how Audie Murphy Day honors our nation’s military heroes. The event is meant to recognize Hunt County native Audie Leon Murphy, the ...

Audie Leon Murphy was born on June 20, 1925, in Kingston, Texas. He was the seventh of twelve children born to Emmett Berry Murphy and Josie Bell Murphy. The family survived by sharecropping — farming ...