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The classic memoir of world war ii by americas most decorated soldier ebook. Audie murphy western movies free westerns on the web. Audie murphy 19251971 was born into a poor family in texas and became a highly decorated american soldier who served with the united states army in nine campaigns in europe from 1942 to 1945. Audie murphy his life and careers this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. Among his many acts of bravery in world war ii, he was awarded the medal of honor for singlehandedly holding off six german tanks and.
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