Posted on Jun 27, 2014
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Audie murphy
Want to see how much the rallypoint community knows about Audie Murphy. If you are a member of the SAMC feel free to share your board experience.
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
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Most decorated soldier in the European theater, if not all of WWII

Battlefield commission

MOH for firing a ma-deuce atop a burning tank as cover fire to get his soldiers to safety

Starred in his own bio-pic, "To Hell and Back" along with a few other movies.

Hasbro came out with a commemorative 12" GI Joe with his likeness as part of their MOH series

That's all I know w/o googling
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
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You got to ebay it, 1SG (Join to see) to find the good deals. Too much over pricing everywhere in the collectors market these days.
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LTC Paul Labrador
LTC Paul Labrador
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I wonder if he played himself accurately in the movie..... ;o)
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I've read that he played down his actions in the movie...I like the movie, but Hollywood just wasn't capable of recreating the same stuff.
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1SG Company First Sergeant
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not to mention that no amount of acting skills can replicate the adrenaline experienced in the heat of battle CSM (Join to see)
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Everything MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca stated and Audie was a Texan!
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Texans are generally pretty awesome.
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SGT Richard H.
SGT Richard H.
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1SG (Join to see) didn't you say once that you are from Corpus Christi?
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SGT Richard H. yes I am from CC.
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1SG (Join to see). He was so famous that the Germans named a reputedly aggressive mobile home bed after him => The Audi Murphy Bed . . .

https://mobile.twitter.com/engr_andy/status/ [login to see] 4445184

Seriously, though, the San Antonio TX Veterans Admin Hospital is named after him . . .

https://www.211texas.org/zf/profile/service/id/1334164
SGT Graham "Tom" Town
SGT Graham "Tom" Town
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Ba Rump Bump....
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