Audie Murphy plays himself in the 1955 film classic “To Hell and Back”

The most recognizable icon of my beloved 3rd Infantry Division, Audie Murphy, is discussed in the best newspaper in the region, the Philadelphia Bulletin:

On Jan. 26, 1945 near the village of Holtzwihr, France Lt. Murphy demonstrated bravery worthy of the Medal of Honor. On this date, six Panzer tanks and 250 infantrymen attacked Murphy’s platoon.

During the attack, Lt. Murphy ordered his men to fall back to better defensive positions while he climbed on top of an abandoned burning tank and annihilated the Germans with machine gun fire.

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