Audie Murphy, From World War II Hero to Hollywood Hitmaker
Audie Murphy was a bona fideWorld War IIhero , a term which , in these days of endless American conflict , seems both archaic and slightly offensive even . But in his time , Murphy — maybe the heavy war hero the res publica ever has seen — was an out - and - out superstar . He forge a thankful country ’s unbridled adulation into a career as one of Hollywood ’s biggest draw , most excellently playing the lead function in his own movie autobiography,“To Hell and Back ....