He single-handedly held off 250 German troops and six tanks, saving an entire company. And that was just the start of what he ...

Audie Leon Murphy was born on June 20, 1925, in Kingston, Texas. He was the seventh of twelve children born to Emmett Berry Murphy and Josie Bell Murphy. The family survived by sharecropping — farming ...

Not long after hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, a then-16-year-old Audie Murphy of Kingston, Texas (near Celeste) had his older sister help him falsify documentation so he ...

Hunt County will pay tribute to one of its most celebrated sons on May 17 during the annual Audie Murphy Day. The event honors the legacy of Audie Leon Murphy – the most decorated American combat ...

Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, earning every major U.S. military honor by age 20. After the war, he became a Hollywood actor and used his fame to ...

Eighty years ago this week, on successive days a few miles apart in eastern France, three rural Americans risked their lives to help save Europe from tyranny. One soon died of his wounds, and ...

If you’ve read my odd musings before, you probably know I’m a sucker for big anniversaries. This past weekend I got to attend a local event marking the 250th Anniversary of the formation of the United ...

Calvin Anthony was a decorated U.S. Army sniper, having completed more than 30 missions in the Korean War before an injury sent him stateside. But for two weeks in 1953, Anthony, who was then ...

Two senior noncommissioned officers were inducted into a special club, Aug. 22. Sgts. 1st Class Isaac F. Hughes and Fernando G. Osoria became the two newest members of the Sgt. Audie Murphy Club when ...