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1 cze 1971 · ROANOKE, Va., May 31— Audie Murphy, the nation's most‐decorated hero of World War II, and five other men were found dead today in the wreckage of their light plane near the summit of a...
The Audie L. Murphy Memorial Website is dedicated to the preservation, memory, honor, and history of the late Audie L. Murphy, America's most decorated combat soldier of World War II and a famous movie star. The website is sponsored by the Audie Murphy Research Foundation (AMRF), a non-profit 501.c.3 organization.
The 1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash claimed the life of decorated American World War II veteran Audie Murphy and five other people on May 28, 1971.
On 28 May 1971, Murphy was killed when the private plane in which he was a passenger crashed into the side of a mountain 14 nautical miles (16 mi; 26 km) northwest of Roanoke, Virginia, [198] in conditions of rain, clouds, fog, and zero visibility.
Audie Leon Murphy (ur. 20 czerwca 1925 w Kingston w stanie Teksas, zm. 28 maja 1971 na Brush Mountain w stanie Wirginia) – amerykański wojskowy i aktor. W 1949 opublikował autobiografię To Hell and Back, zekranizowaną w 1955 jako Do piekła i z powrotem, Murphy zagrał w niej samego siebie.
Murphy suffered from what is now known as post-traumatic stress disorder, experiencing headaches, depression and nightmares; he once said that he could sleep only with a loaded pistol under his pillow. In 1971, at the age of 46, Murphy died in the crash of a private plane near Roanoke, Virginia.
20 cze 2012 · Audie Murphy. World War II Medal of Honor recipient, Actor, and Songwriter. Arguably the most famous American field combat soldier to emerge from World War II, he served in Europe in the United States Army as a Second Lieutenant of Company B, 15th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division.
