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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: July 16, 2011
Caption: Audie Murphy as mentioned WW II hero, grave at Arlington National Cemetery
Additional Description: One of the most decorated American combat soldiers in history. He enlisted in the US Army at age 17 for service in World War II. Received battlefield promotions while receiving more medals than any other US soldier, including the Congressional Medal of Honor. Following the war, he turned to acting in movies, starring in the story of his life , "To Hell And Back." He died in an airplane crash in Virginia while on a business trip and was interred in Section 46 at Arlington, a site overlooking the Tomb of the Unknowns.
Submitted: July 28, 2011, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p164543
File Size: 0.229 Megabytes

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