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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Portrait as a memento Date: August 16, 1944
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Photographer: Photographer at the examination point
Person(s) left to right: Wesley Word
Description: Portrait as a memento

Wesley Word Date: 1944
Location: Unknown
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Wesley Word
Description: Wesley Word

On 'R and R' in the French Riviera Date: 1944
Location: Riviera, France
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Wesley Word
Description: On 'R and R' in the French Riviera

In Hertz, Germany Date: December 1944
Location: Hertz, Germany
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Wesley Word
Description: In Hertz, Germany

In the home of a German family I lived with, taken as a memento Date: 1945
Location: Germany
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Wesley Word
Description: In the home of a German family I lived with, taken as a memento

In the home of a German family I lived with, taken as a memento Date: 1945
Location: Germany
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Wesley Word
Description: In the home of a German family I lived with, taken as a memento

Nehanan is holding Date: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Paul Woodruff, Benjamin Nehanan, "Penny", Wesley Word
Description: Nehanan is holding "Penny" our group mascot

Two war buddies arm-in-arm Date: Unknown
Location: Unknown
Photographer: Unknown
Person(s) left to right: Bert Sutton, Wesley Word
Description: Two war buddies arm-in-arm




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