A Little Short to be a Marine - America's Most Decorated WW2 Soldier

Audie Murphy wanted to join the Marines but was rejected for being too short. The paratroopers wouldn’t have him either, so he settled for infantry. Little did the baby-faced Texas farm boy imagine that he would one day be considered an American legend.

Murphy eventually became one of the most decorated heroes of World War II, including the prestigious Medal of Honor for his bravery in holding off a company of German soldiers.

When he was later asked why he had seized a machine gun and taken on an entire enemy company by himself, he humbly said: "They were killing my friends.”
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