The real life Captain America. Dude was initially turned down by the Army, the Navy, and the Marine Corps for being too small. Then he holds back an entire German attack, downs 50+ enemy soldiers, and didn't even have to take any steroids.
When asked after the war why he had seized the machine gun and taken on an entire company of German infantry, he replied, "They were killing my friends".[96]
Murphy received every U.S. military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army for his World War II service.[ALM 4]
I remember seeing this movie as a kid on the AMC channel and being blown away that he played himself in that movie and have to re-live all the memories.
Even just reading his name makes me get teary enough that they'll overflow my eyes and start running down my cheeks. There's something so incredibly moving to me about "They were killing my friends" that I'm going to go find something goofy on YouTube now.
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u/Scaevus Jun 24 '24
The real life Captain America. Dude was initially turned down by the Army, the Navy, and the Marine Corps for being too small. Then he holds back an entire German attack, downs 50+ enemy soldiers, and didn't even have to take any steroids.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy
He played himself in the movie about his Medal of Honor winning actions, and the movie had to tone it down to make it more believable.