MEDAL OF HONOR AUDIE MURPHY TREASURY DEPT. PROMO FILM 24684

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Made for the U.S. Treasury Department in 1955 to promote their bond program, MEDAL OF HONOR features both Medal of Honor winner Audie Murphy and material shot for the biographical film "To Hell and Back". Also appearing in the film are Barbara Rush and John McIntire.
Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 - 28 May 1971) was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. At the age of 19, Murphy received the Medal of Honor after single-handedly holding off an entire company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945, then leading a successful counterattack while wounded and out of ammunition.
Murphy was born into a large sharecropper family in Hunt County, Texas. His father abandoned them, and his mother died when he was a teenager. Murphy left school in fifth grade to pick cotton and find other work to help support his family; his skill with a hunting rifle was a necessity for putting food on the table. Murphy's older sister helped him to falsify documentation about his birth date to meet the minimum-age requirement for enlisting in the military, and after being turned down by the Navy and the Marine Corps he enlisted in the Army. He first saw action in the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Battle of Anzio, and in 1944 was part of the liberation of Rome and invasion of southern France. Murphy fought at Montélimar, and led his men on a successful assault at the L'Omet quarry near Cleurie in northeastern France in October.
After the war Murphy enjoyed a 21-year acting career. He played himself in the 1955 autobiographical To Hell and Back based on his 1949 memoirs of the same name, but most of his films were westerns. He made guest appearances on celebrity television shows and starred in the series Whispering Smith. Murphy was a fairly accomplished songwriter, and bred quarter horses in California and Arizona, becoming a regular participant in horse racing.
Suffering from what would today be termed posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), he slept with a loaded handgun under his pillow and looked for solace in addictive sleeping pills. In the last few years of his life he was plagued by money problems, but refused offers to appear in alcohol and cigarette commercials because he did not want to set a bad example. Murphy died in a plane crash in Virginia in 1971 shortly before his 46th birthday, and was interred with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
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[@MountainFisher]

I remember reading his book To Hell And Back in 1969 when I was in the base hospital in Fort Ord for pneumonia my 2nd week there. He truly was a hero and a very humble one.

[@samhouston1673]

Boy, I sure miss Audie, a fellow Sabine River Texan. Greenville, Texas, near where he was born and raised is the Texas Cotton Museum that now houses the Audie Murphy Museum in a separate section. It is very well done and had quite a number of exhibits, artifacts and personal belongings and accounts of Audie. There is an interactive exhibit and a small theater.

[@martinelrod5866]

My father was in the final scene of the movie To Hell And Back . He was in the honor guard at Ft. Lewis Washington army base and at the awards ceremony he was standing to the back and left of him carrying the American flag . He was proud of that and so am I .

[@joedavis60]

I recently visited the site of Audie's one man stand where he earned his Medal of Honor. A memorial there is a nice tribute to the man, and a sign in French asks passersby to stop and reflect on what happened there.

[@geraldinedunlap7955]

Joe Da

[@leonardlongoria1891]

I too went to Colmar where he earned his Medal of Honor. I was stationed in Germany 1/ 15 th infantry Alpha co. Same Battalion as Audie Murphy. Sadly , 1/15th infantry was disbanded in 1992. It was an honor to serve in the same battalion as this hero!

[@raidertony1356]

@@leonardlongoria1891 thank you for your service.👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@leonardlongoria1891]

Raider Tony thanks my friend!

[@edithsymmans3273]

AUDIE LEON MURPHY A REAL LIFE AMERICAN HERO AND THE MOST HIGHLY DECORATED SOLDIER OF WW2, HE WAS A LEGEND IN HIS OWN LIFE TIME... THIS MAN WAS ONE HECK OF A GREAT ACTOR, SONG WRITER, AUTHOR, PLUS HE WROTE POETRY TOO... FOR ME AUDIE MURPHY IS THE GREATEST WESTERN ACTOR OF THEM ALL... AUDIE WAS STILL ONLY A LAD REALLY WHEN HE SIGNED UP FOR SERVICE, WHAT HE SAW AND HAVING TO KILL THE ENEMY AND SO MANY OF THEM DURING THOSE YEARS (1942 TO 1945) IN THE WAR NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO EXPERIENCE EVER... AUDIE DID HIS PART WITH GREAT COURAGE, DETERMINATION, STRENGTH OF HIS OWN WILL POWER TO COME HOME IN ONE PIECE FROM THE WAR, HE WAS WOUNDED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE HORRORS OF THOSE WAR YEARS STAYED WITH HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE... AUDIE WILL ALWAYS BE SADLY MISSED AND REMEMBERED WITH RESPECT, LOVE AND HONOURED FOR HIS HEROISM... REST IN ETERNAL PEACE AUDIE LEON MURPHY YOU DID YOURSELF PROUD IN LIFE.

[@RONALD511]

Audie was a quite humble farm boy from Texas and knew himself as a simple honest and flat straight human being with no imagination of fake or lies..He told the TRUTH about fear and death..His buddies were more important than anything and he killed for them...He will be always will be an everlasting example of a real man..God Bless Him..RIP Semper-Fi

[@sans222]

LOVE AUDIE MURPHY HE IS MY REAL HERO & IDOL , LORD BLESS HIS SOUL

[@anthonydrake4244]

his ACTUAL list of medals... Medal of Honor ribbon.svg Medal of Honor Distinguished Service Cross ribbon.svg Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star Medal ribbon.svg Silver Star Medal (2) Legion of Merit ribbon.svg Legion of Merit Bronze Star Medal ribbon.svg Bronze Star (2, 1 "V" device) Purple Heart ribbon.svg Purple Heart (3) Army Good Conduct Medal ribbon.svg Army Good Conduct Medal U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Presidential Unit Citation ribbon.svg Distinguished Unit Citation (2) American Campaign Medal ribbon.svg American Campaign Medal European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon.svg European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (9 campaigns, arrowhead device) World War II Victory Medal ribbon.svg World War II Victory Medal Army of Occupation ribbon.svg Army of Occupation Medal with Germany clasp Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg French Legion of Honour (grade of Chevalier) Ruban de la croix de guerre 1939-1945.PNG French Croix de Guerre with silver star Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with palm (France) - ribbon bar.png French Croix de Guerre with palm (3) Croix de Guerre 1940-1945 with palm (Belgium) - ribbon bar.png Belgian Croix de Guerre with palm Fourragère CG.png French fourragère in colors of the Croix de Guerre Combat Infantry Badge.svg Combat Infantryman Badge

[@SafeTrucking]

Incredible!

[@covertops19Z]

That opening scene. Filmed at taxiway Bravo, Gray Army Airfield, Ft. Lewis, WA. The majority of the film was filmed in Yakima County and at Yakima Firing Center.

[@Squarehead45]

Don't know what it is but every time I see this man in a movie or in an interview I choke up and want to stand and salute. Guess it's because we have So Few of his caliber around anymore. Wish he could have stayed a lot longer. He would have made a Great Role Model for a lot more of your Young.

[@samhouston1673]

You are not alone, we all do.

[@haileyh500]

Audie; a true American Hero!!! I loved seeing the footage of Audie and his son at the end of the clip.

[@eddiemurphy5781]

Great hero. Great Actor. Im proud to have the same surname.

[@westpointsnell4167]

Forever a hero.. Rip Audie

[@austinkemp8822]

I am from the same small town in Texas that Audie is from. Every year we have a large celebration and parade in his honor. I have met his family and they are very nice people. It’s amazing to see how a farm boy like me from Farmersville, TX could accomplish so much and leave such an impact.

[@44240xtp]

One of Texas greatest sons. Would you expect anything less from a Texan. As a Texan is hard to live up to the standards of our great Texas heroes. We do stand on the shoulders of giants.

[@terryrussel523]

Back then, just 70 years ago, Dishonesty was a quick way to seal your fate because it resulted in being openly branded a social reject seconds after you were found out. Faith, Honesty, Charity, Hard Work and Respect for others was expected of everyone and taught at home, in church and at school. America and much of the world is in desperate need of a little bit of "old fashioned" right now.

[@Codebreaker51]

Brother, ALL of what you said is either gone or in very short supply today. Faith, Honesty, Hard work, and Respect are almost all gone. Charity?......Well, there is still some of that left, but it's beginning to run short. Yep, I still adhere to those 'old fashioned' values, and am criticized quite liberally often, may I add. But, I make no apology for standing up for them, and practicing what I preach. Our families have lost those values, and have given up, for the most part, in using discipline to help in bringing up their children, teaching them right from wrong. What was once..right, is now.....wrong.and....what was once wrong, is now.....right. My, we have lost those valuable assets to our society today.

[@robludwigsen7831]

So true and if you stand for the those ideals now-adays greedy old people will see you as an easy target. To have those ideals singles you out as having a weakness to exploit by con artists now.

[@rvnmedic1968]

@@robludwigsen7831 Greedy old people? WTH? Rethink your comment and just leave out the "old".

[@covertops19Z]

@Rob Ludwigsen just a totally trash comment.

[@MrJCIRELAND]

I sure hope they do the honorable thing and award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to this late Hero,long overdue.

[@davidtuttle7556]

He was awarded it almost immediately.

[@steveguild871]

@@davidtuttle7556 You are thinking the Medal of Honor. The Medal of Freedom is generally awarded to civilians.

[@jenh3486]

High-key advertising savings bonds 😂😂😂 love you Audie ❤😄❤️

[@celestinocantu6926]

Truly a brave man.

[@yank-tc8bz]

They had to tone down what he really did for the movie because no one would believe it.

[@bethovenelcreadordelpan6607]

what he did?

[@badideass]

@@bethovenelcreadordelpan6607 oh yea... they toned it down alright...

[@Kharkovkid]

You made the same error I once did talking about Eddie Rickenbacker behind the bar.. A man who heard me enlightened me in a friendly informative way. He said, "No one "Wins" the Medal of Honor son. That`s for sports bets and boardwalk kewpie dolls. It is "awarded" or "received"...I went "Wow" and never forgot that...

[@PeriscopeFilm]

+Kharkovkid EXCELLENT COMMENT!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

+Kharkovkid Just a note … the NY Times (if you do a Google for "Winner of the Medal of Honor") routinely uses that expression…including as the headline on occasion. For example this obit: "James Logan Is Dead at 78 - Winner of the Medal of Honor ". Does not diminish your point in any way.

[@Kharkovkid]

+PeriscopeFilm My spouse owns an out of print bookstore heavy on Military History. I picked up the Audie Murphy story one day waiting for closing. He was making a Western with actor Hugh O`Brian. O`Brien began needling the war hero saying he could "out draw" Murphy. He then began challenging Murphy and telling anyone in earshot that Murphy was afraid to be shown up. Murphy finally snarled agreement on one condition, that they "do it for real" saying "I`ve killed 350 men! One more won`t make a difference." At the appointed hour, O`Brian stayed in his trailer with the blinds down.

[@coilmanjoe]

+Kharkovkid interesting. Didn't O'Brien do the same thing to John Wayne in the Shootist? And gets killed.

[@brianwills8689]

There is a War movie made in 1966 , starring Hugh 'Brian , called " Ambush Bay " set in the Phillipines during WW 2 , it also stars James Mitchum , Robert Mitchum's brother , and Mickey Rooney too .

[@FFFFFFF-FFFFFFFUUUUCCCC]

Audie convinced me to buy bonds

[@t4texastom587]

R. I. P. America's most-decorated soldier 🇺🇲🇨🇱AUDIE MURPHY 🇨🇱🇺🇲

[@20alphabet]

Why isn't Audie Murphy taught about in schools? Because the government doesn't want Americans like him anymore! Shame that.

[@JayWC3333]

that's because they're too busy teaching evolution is a fact instead of a theory, that being gay is okay or natural, that disrespect to authority is fine, that God is make believe but Santa Claus is real, etc.

[@mepipeline]

+20alphabet ...NOW A DAYS...IT IS POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO RECITE ''PLEDGE-ALLEGIANCE-TO-THE-FLAG" AND CLASSROOM-PRAYERS BEING BANNED IN ALL SCHOOLS OF AMERICA AS NORMAL....

[@petebustamante9886]

My freaking hero. Yes sir.

[@eddiemurphy5781]

Audie Made all the Guns for westerns. I think 50s and 60s.

[@frankrakovic6998]

😎🙄😃GOD BLESS AMERICA AND ALL OUR VETERANS.PLEASE PRAY MORE FOR ALL OF US AND FAMILY MEMBERS AND OUR TROOPS GO MR.PRESIDENT.. IF YOU LIKE A.M. YOU WOULD LOVE. BURT LANCASTER. IN THE UNFORGIVEN. NOT CLINT EASTWOOD. FILMHISTORIAN AND MASTER ARTIST AND GREAT AMERICA FILM BUFFS. CEO.PRESIDENT...FOUNDER.GOD BLESS AMERICA.

[@Bill23799]

It seems that Jesse Hibbs directed Audie Murphy in several of his films.

[@drubio1062]

How far we've fallen....

[@tonyfinck8024]

david rubio I heard that, not a day goes by I don't reflect on the lessons I learned from my Grandparents who both lived through the wars and the dust bowl most of the youth today couldn't find Normandy on a map let alone give insight into Why we went.

[@user-mu4br4vt2h]

a lovely son present ...enjoy

[@spacedigger]

Damn, is Matthew Mcconaughey the re-incarnation of Audie Murphy or something? They sounds damn near identical when they speak.

[@AOkie68]

He couldn't hold Audie's left nut wo crying...that was funny tho!

[@KRex1961]

How close are they? Hold the phone a minute, I'll let you talk to 'em.......

[@scottreynolds3565]

A true American Hero and a life well lived. A standard for all American men to live up to. Sometimes I think we should put common people on our money instead of politicians. I can't think of one better than Audie Murphy well maybe Neil Armstrong!

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

But there have been many just like them. They may not have all been awarded medals, or seen in movies/TV, but they were just like Murphy and Armstrong. Many brave men (and women as well), who built the USA into the greatest nation the planet has ever seen. Unfortunately, there have been more totally unlike them, who have brought the USA down from the inside. And that happened because the rest of us didn't lift a finger to stop them. Shame.

[@pasqualecastiello9675]

Grande Soldato & Grande Attore Grande UOMO

[@user-mu4br4vt2h]

he is very brave..not one second delay

[@anamariahenriquesrodrigues9199]

Grata!

[@gomesgomes9574]

Este foi e sempre será o eterno eroi Deus o guarde.🇧🇷

[@EddieMervill]

God Bless All

[@madskyiv]

most decorated ww2

[@lucianopantano6483]

durante lo sbarco di anzio c'è la scena intorno al podere della bonifica dell'agro pontino.io sono nato in quel periodo e sono vissuto in uno dei quei poderi,tanto simili l'uno all'altro.quanti ricordi

[@tonyperez7907]

You know who they give Medal Of Honor to?? Dead soldiers! Amazing he lived through that battle.

[@edmilsonpinto7398]

O maior heroi de guerra dos estados unidos .

[@anamariahenriquesrodrigues9199]

grata!

[@smckay6438]

Film was not ACCURATE, it was winter , Audie said it was the first time his feet had been warm when standing on back of burning tank !😊

[@wtbofnc7880]

It's amazing to me that the masses cannot see the resemblance of Murphy and Reagan. Basically the same actor it seems. Who is that actor anyway?

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

Are you kidding?

[@grouchyoleguy]

I seriously hope that question was intended as a joke !!

[@didyouknowjustwalk8915]

What's the march at the intro?

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

Dog Faced Soldier

[@didyouknowjustwalk8915]

@@baronedipiemonte3990 God bless. Thx.

[@Tkidddd]

Could you imagine buying US savings bonds today, knowing the country is 22 trillion dollars in debt.

[@elmerlarimer9026]

ME TOO

[@leroyshipp7532]

Sell those bonds!!

[@orcatherinecuuni6226]

The REPUBLIC of USA had a devoting fir his life as Murphy

[@DonPayne-vt9rq]

Sadly ,almost all of WWII vets. are gone. Soon the last hero will be deceased. 😢The greatest generation, indeed.🪖🗽🇺🇸❤

[@andrewcook237]

Wats da song plz at the begginig

[@orcatherinecuuni6226]

WE memory you with a good ancestor human all over the world together ROBERT TAYLOR & CLARK GABLE

[@orcatherinecuuni6226]

His birth is faithe to a nation of all over the world even if waittig bottles

[@leonardlongoria1891]

I wouldn’t give a bean to be fancy pants marine, for I’d rather be a dog faced soldier that I am!

[@edwardmartis1539]

and what do we have now for kids to look up to ? ...snoop doggy dog/ and other rapper trash.......etc. .....

[@1234Brian.Street]

Jesus is my Savior