September 5, 2010
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Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier in World War II, enjoyed a Hollywood acting career after the fight.

Did you know that he portrayed himself in 1955 the autobiographical movie "To Hell and Back"?

The VETERANS
Interactive Trunk for L. N. Hudson
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Name: Hudson, L. N.
Year of Birth: 1917
Current Residence: Drasco, AR
County: Cleburne County
War Time Duty (MOS): Aerial Gunner
Branch of Service: US Air Corps
Theater of Operation: Pacific; China/Burma/India
Division: 77th Bomb Squadron & 11th Bomb Squadron
Regiment: AVG 14th Flying Tigers
Major Engagements: Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, 14th Flying Tigers Defense of China
Biography: L.N. Hudson enlisted in the US Army Air Corp at 23, shortly before the US became involved in World War II. During the war he served in the Aleutian Islands, Dutch Harbor Alaska and was a part of the Flying Tigers Defense of China. In his interview Mr. Hudson talks about famine in India, losing two brothers in combat and tells a story about a P-61 dog fight.



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