fuckyeahhistorycrushes: I’m surprised we don’t have him already, but Audie Murphy (June 20, 1924 – May 28, 1971) was the most decorated American soldier in WW2, who later became a celebrated movie star. He was rejected from joining the Navy, Marines and Paratroopers for being too short and underweight, before he finally managed to join the United States Army. When asked why he took on a company of German infantry, single-handed at the Battle of Holtzwihr, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor, he replied “They were killing my friends.”

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

I’m surprised we don’t have him already, but Audie Murphy (June 20, 1924 – May 28, 1971) was the most decorated American soldier in WW2, who later became a celebrated movie star. He was rejected from joining the Navy, Marines and Paratroopers for being too short and underweight, before he finally managed to join the United States Army.

When asked why he took on a company of German infantry, single-handed at the Battle of Holtzwihr, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor, he replied “They were killing my friends.”

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