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Name: Audie Murphy
Birth Date: June 20, 1924
Death Date: May 28, 1971
Place of Birth: Kingston, Texas, United States
Place of Death: Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: actor, soldier, army officer

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Biography of Audie Murphy
2,295 words, approx. 8 pages
Born near Kingston, Texas, Audie Murphy (1924-1971) won fame as the most decorated soldier in U.S. military history. During World War II and for many years afterward, Audie Murphy personified heroism on the battlefield. His death-defying exploits were...


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Murphy, Audie (Leon)
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(born June 20, 1924, near Kingston, Texas, U.S.—died May 28, 1971, near Roanoke, Va.) U.S. war hero and actor. Enlisting in the army in 1942, he became the most decorated U.S. soldier of World War II. He killed hundreds of Germans, and he once...
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Audie Murphy Information
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Audie Leon Murphy (June 20, 1924 – May 28, 1971) [2] was an American soldier in World War II, who later became an actor, appearing in 44 American films.[2]He also found success as a country music composer. In 27 months of combat action, Murphy became...


News and Journals
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The Boston Globe
The Odd Little Life Of Audie Murphy
07/24/1989: 663 words, approx. 2 pages
NO NAME ON THE BULLET. A Biography of Audie Murphy, by Don Graham. Viking. 396 pp. $19.95. Illustrated. Great lives want great biographies. Audie Murphy's was an odd little life, and here we have an odd little biography. Awkward and colloquial in style,...
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Albuquerque Journal
Manzano grad inducted into Audie Murphy Club
10/02/2005: 506 words, approx. 2 pages
Albuquerque native Staff Sgt. James Brasher, of the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was one of four paratroopers recently inducted into the 82nd Airborne Division branch of the Sgt. Audie Murphy Club. Brasher is a 1998 Manzano High School graduate. The club...
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AP News
Museum in S.C. tells heroes' stories
5/23/2007: 520 words, approx. 2 pages
Amid the sound of battle cries and machine gun fire, the stories of the nation's war heroes are now being told in a renovated museum aboard a moored aircraft carrier.The refurbished $1.5 million Medal of Honor Museum is set to open Memorial Day weekend aboard...
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AP News
NAACP disavows hate crime march in W.Va.
10/31/2007: 601 words, approx. 2 pages
The NAACP said Tuesday it does not support a hate crime awareness march that will raise money for a black woman who says she was tortured by six whites.Local and national NAACP officials said they disapprove of Saturday's march organizers, a group based in Washington,...
 


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Essay Grade: 90%
Audie Murphy
727 words, approx. 2 pages
Why Audie Murphy was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.


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