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To: SmokingJoe

Audie Murphy is the perfect example of man of short stature doing huge heroic deeds. Although never understood why he became an actor mostly playing himself. Anyone?


2 posted on 09/17/2022 1:48:55 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: A Navy Vet

His family were dirt-poor sharecroppers, Dad left, Mom died. He dropped out of 5th grade to support them. So I’m guessing any buck he could make any way was welcome.


3 posted on 09/17/2022 1:54:12 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Audie Murphy is the perfect example of man of short stature doing huge heroic deeds.

Yes.
And most of his movies reflected him as a person and his life. Which made them doubly believable. He was a tough hombre alright.

4 posted on 09/17/2022 1:54:36 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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Have you seen his wallet? It’s the one that says BAD MF’ER on it LOL

He was hell on wheels.


5 posted on 09/17/2022 1:56:06 PM PDT by GaltMeister (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.)
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To: A Navy Vet

Murphy was good at it, look at his movie career and you will see that he was a Hollywood success.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001559/#actor


6 posted on 09/17/2022 1:56:28 PM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: A Navy Vet

**Audie Murphy is the perfect example of man of short stature doing huge heroic deeds. Although never understood why he became an actor mostly playing himself. Anyone?**

Lots of people became actors that served in WW2. It’s those guys that him that lived through carnage, that certainly deserved to make good money somewhere.

Actors like fake hero Tom Cruise do stuff that LOOKS dangerous, but is actually well rehearsed, with hidden safety harnesses, etc.

Exception: an idiot that doesn’t check their handgun on the movie set.


23 posted on 09/17/2022 3:48:35 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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