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As a teenager Audie Murphy left his home in Texas to join in the fight against the Nazis By the end of the war he had fought in the bloody battle of Anzio helped liberate Rome marched his way across France repelled German counterattacks in Alsace before finishing in Germany He was wounded three times killed over two hundred enemies and won every medal for valor that the United States had to offer

Charles Whiting charts Murphys journey through World War Two shedding light on his courageous actions

Yet what price did young Audie Murphy pay for becoming Americas most decorated soldier of the Second World War

Rather than simply focusing on Murphys achievements in combat Whiting also explores his life after the war when he struggled with posttraumatic stress disorder addiction problems and even twenty years after the war slept with the lights on and a loaded Walther pistol beneath his pillow

American Hero draws upon numerous contemporary sources and a wealth of information drawn from interviews with Murphys friends and comrades to provide insight into the rise and fall of Audie Murphy