"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

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

Medal of Honor WWII Hero Audie Murphy! #audiemurphy #ww2 #history #hero #militarylife | The Giant Killer