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Audie Murphy: My Hero
Audie Murphy

Audie Murphy was the most decorated warrior in American history. He is my hero from the fact of how heroic his actions were in almost every battle and how he lost his best friend from a group of Germans fake surrendering and then killing him responding. He was born on June,20.1925 in Texas.
His early life was mainly just farming and hunting he had explosive mood swings and a bad temper. He joined the service in 1942 after normal boot camp he went to advanced rifle training.His first combat was in casablanca in Africa he didn't do much action wise. During an invasion in Italy he was scouting a killed two Italian commanders fleeing from the front and this had a major impact on their war efforts after their deaths. He had gotten

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