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A 5 page paper which examines how Murphy embodies the concept of heroism. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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recreated epic battles that made valiant warriors synonymous with heroes who were like Achilles - part mortal and part God. By the twentieth century, society was more civilized and
less militaristic, or so it seemed for a time. Heroes were fewer than in Homers time, but could still be found in the unlikeliest of places. Audie Leon
Murphy was born in a sharecroppers shack in Hunt County, Texas on June 20, 1924, one of twelve children (Dingus 262). Who could have known he was destined to
become one of the most heroic figures "since Achilles slew Hector?" (Spiller 139) But amid the squalor of The Great Depression, a mans character was formed in sweat, hard
work, and persistence. Murphys formal education never exceeded fifth grade because after his fathers death, he was needed more by his family than in the classroom. On December 7,
1941, the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor marked Americas dramatic entry into World War II, and the adventure-seeking Texas farm boy couldnt wait to be part of the action.
Shortly after his eighteenth birthday, Audie Murphy - all five feet, five inches and 112 pounds of him - enlisted in the Army (Dingus 262). There was nothing about
this fresh-faced kid that gave any outward indication he had the heroic stuff Homer and his contemporaries waxed poetic about. But there was a "core of steel inside Audie
Murphy" the naked eye was incapable of seeing (Dingus 262). He was sent to North Africa in 1943 and later saw active combat in Italy, German and France (Dingus
262). He was wounded a few times but nothing kept Audie Murphy down for very long. After making second lieutenant and placed in command of his own infantry
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