The Life of American Hero and Old Hollywood Icon Audie Murphy

Audie came to represent more than battlefield bravery. His films, memoir, songs, and honest discussion of combat trauma showed the complicated life waiting for many soldiers after they returned home.

Museums, hospitals, military organizations, Audie Murphy Day, and the 2013 Texas Legislative Medal of Honor continued honoring him decades later. Visitors still gather at his simple Arlington headstone, remembering the poor Texas farm boy who became a national hero but never fully escaped the war that made him famous.