Not long after hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, a then-16-year-old Audie Murphy of Kingston, Texas (near Celeste) had his older sister help him falsify documentation so he ...

The video tells the story of why German soldiers came to fear the American .50-caliber Browning more than any other weapon of ...

June 20th is Audie Murphy’s birthday. He was born in Texas in 1924. The war-hero and actor developed his fondness for Tucson, while making several movies here. The most decorated combat soldier of ...

By the end of the war, Audie Murphy had spent 400 days on the front lines and had been wounded three times. He had earned 33 U.S. medals, including the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, ...

If you’ve read my odd musings before, you probably know I’m a sucker for big anniversaries. This past weekend I got to attend a local event marking the 250th Anniversary of the formation of the United ...

Calvin Anthony was a decorated U.S. Army sniper, having completed more than 30 missions in the Korean War before an injury sent him stateside. But for two weeks in 1953, Anthony, who was then ...