American Valor Quarterly Issue 2 - Spring 2008 | Page 7

Audie Murphy Award
For distinguished service in the United States military during World War II
The most decorated soldier of World War II, Audie Leon Murphy was born to Texas sharecroppers in
1924. He joined the army as a private in 1942, shortly after his 18th birthday. Throughout his three
years of active service, Murphy fought with the 3rd Infantry Division in nine major campaigns in the
European theatre. He receive