Dave's World of War Movies

One of the first war movies I had seen as a young boy To Hell and Back was the story of Texan Audie Murphy who at the age of 17 and standing only 5' 5" tall joined the US Army during WWII. Murphy was sent to N. Africa where he joined the 3rd Infantry Division and trained for the invasion of Sicily.

The movie is an abridged version of his book of the same title and outlines his major campaigns and battles. Based on his book Murphy had to "Hollywood" some parts of the movie due to the fact that some of his operations were still considered secret or confidential.

Starting from when he was a boy on his Texas farm to the day he got his Congressional Medal of Honor, To Hell and Back is a WWII action roller coaster from the 50's in the tradition of Battleground, Go for Broke, and other biographical movies of its type To Hell and back is a good war movie to share with friends and family.

Audie Murphy, 19, Life Magazine

Attention to Detail
Audie Murphy worked his magic in getting tanks, infantry equipment, uniforms, and actual footage from the Army war footage archives of the Italian campaign, and Fort Lewis Washington for its European looks.

Interesting feature was in fact the M4A3 Sherman tanks used in the movie. Made in 1954-55 the A3 Shermans was all but fazed out our turned into A3E8s. These particular Shermans were probably National Guard equipment. This reasoning comes from the fact that Audie was a National Guard Officer until his death in 71.

Stars
Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Jack Kelly, Charles Drake, Bruce Cowling, David Janssen

Famous lines
Johnson - Where does he think he's going?
Brandon - I'm supposed to take care of him?
Murphy pulls grenades from his gear and crawls forward
Brandon - Hey, you think you got a private war?
Murphy - No...I think there's enough to go around

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