Audie Leon Murphy was an Army Veteran and one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II. Murphy was born in 1925 on a north Texas sharecropper farm and as a child was known for his accuracy with a gun. Murphy’s father left the family and as a child, Murphy dropped out of school in fifth grade picked cotton for a dollar a day. Murphy’s mother died when he was only 16, leaving him and his siblings orphaned. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Murphy was determined to jo

1.9K views · 46 reactions | "You lead from the front." -Audie Murphy 2nd Lieutenant Audie Murphy single handedly stopped a German Attack in January of 1945, and Today the Sergeant Audie Murphy Award is earned by NCOs who have contributed significantly to the development of a professional NCO Corps and combat ready army. #AudieMurphy #USArmyHistory #LeadFromTheFront | AFN Humphreys | Facebook