Citation
"First Lieutenant Audie L. Murphy (then Staff Sergeant, and Second Lieutenant)
(Army Serial No 01692509), Infantry, United States Army, for exceptionally
meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services in Italy and
France, as Platoon Sergeant, Platoon Leader and Company Commander of Company
"B", 15th Infantry, 3rd Infantry Division, from 22 January 1944 to 18 February
1945. First Lieutenant Murphy has always carried out his missions, no matter
how hazardous, with marked ability. He often assumed leadership of his
platoon in the absence of sufficient commissioned personnel and so intelligently
and courageously led his men that he was commissioned an officer during the
French campaign and commanded his company in a superior manner during the
obliteration of the Colmar Pocket. First Lieutenant Murphy's personal bravery,
his skill in imparting his own knowledge of enemy tactics to his men, and his
voluntary assumption of hazardous patrols and missions have benefited his
unit to an immeasureable degree." Entered military service from Texas.
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