Audie Murphy

Dig this. This Texas farm boy enlisted in the Army in 1942.His sister signed his papers even though he wasn't old enough to fight.Just weeks past his 17th birthday.The dude was 5'5" tall, and 110 pounds soaking wet.The Navy,the Air corps & the Marines all turned him away because he was so little.From 1943 to his discharge in France in June 1945 Murphy earned a staggering 33 medals for valor & performance from the United States,5 from the French government and 1 from Belgium.He destroyed 6 German tanks,and SINGLE-handedly killed more than 240 enemy soldiers in ONE encounter.He was awarded the Medal of Honor, Distinguished service Cross,3 Purple Hearts , 2 Silver Stars,2 Bronze stars among many others, and the highest awards from both France & Belgium. All before his 21st birthday. Murphy died( ironically) in a Memorial day plane crash in 19771.He is buried at Arlington Cemetery. So what have you done today?