todaysdocument: On January 26, 1945, 2nd...

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On January 26, 1945, 2nd Lieutenant Audie Murphy climbed atop a burning tank destroyer and held 2 companies of German infantry and 6 tanks at bay, with only a mounted machine gun and field telephone to direct artillery fire, until a counter attack could be mounted. This is just one of several narratives describing his actions which earned him the Medal of Honor.

Just six months earlier then-Sergeant Murphy had earned the Distinguished Service Cross.

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