Audie Murphy's Medal of Honor

[Bootie]

The latest YT vid I created with the guys over at Battle Guide Virtual Tours.

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[mTk]

Done and done.

 

[Bootie]

Thanks pal.

 

[mTk]

I had no idea he held off the enemy for....AN HOUR! All by himself!?
Where did he get the .50 ammo from and how did he manage to reload multiple times under all that incoming?
Why didn't the platoons in the woods come to help? I mean, they certainly had enough time.
I've seen the movie countless times, but maybe I should read his book.

 

[Bootie]

Good questions...

Im not sure he actually reloaded the .50 cal.

The M10 he was on was knocked out early in the battle so probably had a full rack of ammo. He initially called in artillery then used his M1 Carbine... then grabbed the .50 cal. Some men must have been in the vicinity because there were eyewitness accounts of what he was doing but I suspect the reason for his longevity was the fact that the Germans were finding it hard to get an eye on him due to the smoke and flames and the incoming artillery fire making them keep their heads down.

Personally I think there must be some embellishment to the story... an hour is an awful long time to pin an enemy unit down and much like the Lanzerath Ridge battle in '44 I think the Germans expected the tree line to be home to a much larger American force.