Originally published in 1949, To Hell and Back was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself. More than fifty years later, this classic wartime memoir is just as gripping as it was then.

Desperate to see action but rejected by both the marines and paratroopers because he was too short, Murphy eventually found a home with the infantry. He fought through campaigns in Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany. Although still under twenty-one years old on V-E Day, he was credited with having killed, captured, or wounded 240 Germans. He emerged from the war as America’s most decorated soldier, having received twenty-one medals, including our highest military decoration, the Congressional Medal of Honor. To Hell and Back is a powerfully real portrayal of American GI’s at war.

Autobiographical account of Army veteran-turned-actor, Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier of World War II, who later went on to become an actor in Hollywood. American war hero Audie Murphy plays himself in this action epic about his daring exploits in Europe and North Africa.

This is one of those stories that my dad would have watched over and over again and probably did. Being a military man, he was really into anything that had war stuff, and reality stuff like this. http://www.amazon.com/Hell-Back-Audie-Murphy/dp/0805070869/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272746456&sr=1-1