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Published: 2012-07-05 04:57:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 1307; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 16
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Happy 4th of July!It's been awhile since I've posted on DA. It seems like I haven't done a full drawing unless it's for a specific project or for homework...kinda nice to do something for the hell of it.
This is Audie Leon Murphy. He was one of the most famous soldiers of World War II and widely regarded as the most decorated American soldier of the war.
You can read more about him here:
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He was a real Capt America...
'Murphy had long dreamed of joining the military. After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Murphy tried to enlist in the military, but the services rejected him because he was underage.
In June 1942, shortly after what he and his sister Corrine believed was his 17th birthday, Corrine adjusted his birth date so he appeared to be 18 and legally able to enlist.
The 5 ft 5 inch (166.4 cm) and 110 pound (50 kg) Murphy tried once again to enlist, but was declined by both the Marines and Army paratroopers as too short and underweight. The Navy also turned him down for being underweight. The United States Army finally accepted him and he was inducted at Greenville and sent to Camp Wolters, Texas for basic training. During a session of close order drill, he passed out. His company commander tried to have him transferred to a cook and bakers' school but Murphy insisted on becoming a combat soldier, and after 13 weeks of basic training, he was sent to Fort Meade, Maryland for advanced infantry training.'
