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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. The aircraft's passengers were on a business trip from Atlanta, Georgia, to Martinsville, Virginia, aboard an Aero Commander 680 Super twin-engined aircraft owned and operated by Colorado Aviation Co, Inc. [1] The aircraft crashed ...
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.
Murphy had wanted to be a soldier all his youth and dreamt about combat. The death of his mother in May 1941 added even more impetus to his desire to achieve that goal. [7] When he heard the news of Japan's 7 December attack on Pearl Harbor he tried to enlist in the Marines, the Navy and the Army, but was turned down for being underweight and ...
When a tank destroyer was hit, Murphy ordered the men to safety, climbed atop the burning destroyer, and started firing its gun against the Germans. Bridges: Texan Audie Murphy among most ...
Audie Murphy was America's most-decorated soldier for his service during World War II, later becoming a Hollywood star. Audie Murphy and the success story of arguably America's greatest veteran ...
In Texas, 76 men have been awarded the Medal of Honor for their courage above and beyond the call of duty since the inception of the medal. Perhaps the most recognizable of those figures from ...
He co-starred in the Audie Murphy biopic To Hell and Back (1955), as Murphy's close friend, "Brandon". In 1955, Drake turned to television as one of the stock-company players on Montgomery's Summer Stock , a summer replacement for Robert Montgomery Presents , [ 4 ] and from 1957 he hosted the syndicated TV espionage weekly Schilling Playhouse ...
Audie Murphy (1949–1951) Jim Stack (1954–1958) Steve LaMonte (1969–1980) Dixie Wanda Hendrix [1] (November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981) was an American film ...