1959’s No Name on the Bullet

About 30 years ago, my younger sister Pam had to write an essay on a “hero” for NYU. She chose Bruce Springsteen. I said, “I like Bruce, but he even says ‘I ain’t no hero, that’s understood.’  How about Audie Murphy?” Pam asked, “Who’s Audie Murphy?” Who’s Audie Murphy?  Just the most-decorated war hero of WWII, that’s all. He single-handedly took on a 200-infantry strong German tank brigade, earning himself the Medal of Honor. His war memoir, To Hell and Back�