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"?
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Name: Downes, Harold Benedict
Year of Birth: 1925
Current Residence: Little Rock, AR
County: Pulaski County
War Time Duty (MOS): Paratrooper/Rifleman
Branch of Service: US Army
Theater of Operation: Europe
Division: 101st Airborne Division
Regiment: 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion
Major Engagements: Ardennes, Battle of the Bulge, Holland, France
Biography: Mr. Downes parachuted down behind enemy lines in Normandy, France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Mr. Downes’ reflections of a 101st Airborne Paratrooper during the fight for Europe in World War II are hair raising and poignant.


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