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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.
3 kwi 2014 · Who Was Audie Murphy? Audie Murphy eventually became the most decorated U.S. soldier in World War II. Though he was around 20 years old at the end of the war, he had killed 240 German soldiers...
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...
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.
Audie Murphy (born June 20, 1925, near Kingston, Texas, U.S.—died May 28, 1971, near Roanoke, Virginia) was an American war hero and actor who was one of the most-decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II.
As America's most decorated hero of World War II, Audie Murphy not only won the admiration of millions for his own brave exploits; he also came to epitomize the gallantry in action of America's fighting men. The Nation stands in his debt, and mourns at his death.
On January 26, 1945, 2nd Lieutenant Audie L. Murphy was commanding company B of the 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, near the French village of Holtzwihr when six German tanks and several hundred infantrymen attacked his company.
