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He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II , [ 4 ] and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U. Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor that he demonstrated at age 19 for single-handedly holding off a company of German soldiers for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January , before leading a successful counterattack while wounded.

Murphy was born into a large family of sharecroppers in Hunt County, Texas. After his father abandoned them, his mother died when he was a teenager. Murphy left school in fifth grade to pick cotton and find other work to help support his family; his skill with a hunting rifle helped feed his family.

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After the attack on Pearl Harbor in , Murphy's older sister helped him to falsify documentation about his birthdate in order to meet the minimum age for enlisting in the military. Turned down initially for being underweight by the Army , Navy , and the Marine Corps , he eventually was able to enlist in the Army. He first saw action in the Allied invasion of Sicily ; then in he participated in the Battle of Anzio , the liberation of Rome, and the invasion of southern France.

Despite suffering from multiple illnesses and wounds throughout his service, Murphy became one of the most praised and decorated soldiers of World War II. After the war, Murphy embarked on a year acting career. He played himself in the autobiographical film To Hell and Back , based on his memoirs of the same name , but most of his roles were in Westerns.

He made guest appearances on celebrity television shows and starred in the series Whispering Smith.