Audie Leon Murphy was born on June 20, 1925, in Kingston, Texas. He was the seventh of twelve children born to Emmett Berry Murphy and Josie Bell Murphy. The family survived by sharecropping — farming ...
Audie Murphy was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II, earning every major U.S. military honor by age 20. After the war, he became a Hollywood actor and used his fame to ...
While he racked up more medals than any other soldier in World War II, Audie Murphy wore this olive drab wool Eisenhower jacket, size 36. Kelly Marshall Every story about Audie Murphy is a story about ...
In Hessisch Oldendorf, Germany, a collector has brought what is believed to be the world's oldest Volkswagen Beetle back onto the road. The vehicle, built in 1937 as a Volkswagen W30 prototype by the ...
Every few years, movie lovers ask what happened to the Western — the film genre that helped launch America’s film industry at the dawn of the 20th century and constituted up to a quarter of ...
“This is hell out here,” Brian Jonestown Massacre frontman Anton Newcombe says over the phone from Nashville. “It’s just so fuckin’ humid. It completely negated my shower.” Despite the sweaty ...
A new Edith Cowan University (ECU) study has revealed how Lady Godiva's legendary naked ride nearly 1,000 years ago continues to inspire protest, art and popular culture today. Dr. Elizabeth Reid Boyd ...
Oregon State quarterback Maalik Murphy once again struggled in a loss to the Oregon Ducks over the weekend. Let's break down Murphy's latest outing, despite the less-than-ideal end result. Maalik ...
ARLINGTON – Hunt County native and World War II hero Audie Murphy is among the Medal of Honor recipients honored at the newly opened National Medal of Honor Museum, where a freestanding exhibit traces ...
CHICAGO — A local fight to end illiteracy has gone mobile. If you’re over 40, there’s a good chance you have fond memories of something called The Bookmobile, the traveling library on wheels. Over the ...