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I read that Audie Murphy cut out some things because he thought that nobody would believe it. The stuff that made it in the movie is crazy anyway, I think. Example: The man is operating a turret on a tank that is on fire and repels a brigade of Germans, and gets shot a couple of times. After he is sure that the Germans retreated, he gets off the tank. Then it explodes. His tour of duty was like a big budget action movie, so they turned it into one; resulting in pure awesome.

Audie Murphy is one of the few known human beings to star in the movie version of his own autobiography. A small man, he had to beg to be let into the army and then beg again to get an overseas assignment during WW2. He went on to become the most decorated American soldier of the war. Damn good war movie

The Congressional Medal Of Honor!! Great movie about a great man.