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Audie Murphy - The Most Decorated Combat Soldier of WW2

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971)[1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II,[4] and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history.[5][6] He received every military combat award for valor available from the United States Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor that he demonstrated at age 19 for single-handedly holding off a company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945, before leading a successful counterattack while wounded.

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0:28.3

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0:32.1

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0:38.1

First up, the two most decorated members of the podcast by flowing locks alone, Cecil and Noah.

0:44.3

Probably not the only time this episode you'll hear Hair Commandant.

0:48.4

It is forcing anybody to go after Cecil when a battle a wordplay is cruel, Eli.

0:52.8

You just do it as Noah and Cecil next.

0:54.9

And also joining us tonight are two red badges of courage, Heath and Tom.

0:59.4

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1:02.1

I read books.

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In combat, not so much a red badge of courage as like a brown stain of fear, but sure.

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That's fair.

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