Audie Leon Murphy was born on June 20, 1925, in Kingston, Texas. He was the seventh of twelve children born to Emmett Berry Murphy and Josie Bell Murphy. The family survived by sharecropping — farming ...

He single-handedly held off 250 German troops and six tanks, saving an entire company. And that was just the start of what he accomplished in his too-short life ...

In Texas, 76 men have been awarded the Medal of Honor for their courage above and beyond the call of duty since the inception of the medal. Perhaps the most recognizable of those figures from World ...

Few people have awards named after them, so Audie Murphy, honored by the Spirit of America’s award given in his name, is one of an elite cadre. But then, he always was.

ARLINGTON – Hunt County native and World War II hero Audie Murphy is among the Medal of Honor recipients honored at the newly opened National Medal of Honor Museum, where a freestanding exhibit traces ...

The Southern Minny Stars, a minor league baseball team, opened their season with a one-run victory in Austin after moving from Minneapolis this season. The team is one of 11 in the Prairie League.

During a World War II battle in Holtzwihr, France, a wounded US soldier climbed into a burning tank, took a spot behind a .50-caliber machine gun and fired until the enemy was vanquished. At the age ...