Audie Murphy — then a second lieutenant commanding Company B of the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division — found himself surrounded by six German tanks and wave after ...

Not only would the 3rd produce 61 Medals of Honor — the most of any division — but one of them, Audie Murphy, would be the most decorated soldier in the U.S. Army. Although Murphy fought a ...

One soon died of his wounds, and another’s heroism was almost unknown until after his death. Their lives and ... Second Lt. Audie Murphy, an East Texan who was hailed as the most decorated ...