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I've been to Arlington six times (I'm from the West); my first visit is always to pay respect to Audie Murphy. There is tough, there is bad, there is mean and then there is Audie Murphy. 5' nothing, 120 lbs. wet Murphy was/is the greatest soldier ever to serve our Nation. A real HERO and my idol for close to 60 years.

Audie Murphy was the most decorated soldier of WWII. No tattoos, no macho attitude, no pretense, no fakery or fraud. His actions in battle made ISIS, the Hell's Angels and the Black Panthers look like school girls. RIP, buddy!

🚨I'm a big Audie Murphy fan and live in Dallas and many people don't know that he and his family were so poor that they lived in an abandoned railroad car out in a field in East Texas. Now that's poor people,😒 that's poor! He also lied about his age because he wanted to go to war and serve his country. A Great Hero a great Texan a great American!😳

God Bless Audie Murphy, may he R.I.P.....Amen

My father grew up in the same hard times as Audie Murphy and he was always my father's hero. It is amazing the depths the man rose above to become America's greatest soldier.

Anyone going thru the horrors of war just might find sleeping peacefully at night without artificial aids a bit of a struggle.

To Hell and Back was mostly filmed in my "backyard," in the Cascade foothills west and north of Yakima, and along the Yakima River in Central Washington. The fact that Murphy tread those hills helps make them more sacred ground.

I'm glad that corrections have been made by TCM as to Audie Murphy's past! He was a great hero & an idol of mine in childhood! / I have knelt ove his grave at Arlington cemetery & felt humbled to think that this relatively small & very young person could have been the most decorated soldier if WWII! / Believe it or not, my ex-girlfriend met Audie at an awards dinner in 1968, when he was a Major or Lt. Colonel & first told me how short he was. But that only shows that height does not always show the true measure of a man! R.I.P. Audie!

Audie Murphy was an honorable man and a decent man by all accounts of those who knew him. His war record speaks for itself on the man he was. He had a lot of traumatic memories he lived with losing friends on the battle field and the horrors of war that stayed with him but he dealt with it and carried on his life getting work in acting and I enjoyed his movies a lot. After all he went through and died in his plane he should have had a much longer life, but what a life he had although short sadly.

The story I always heard about the alleged attempted murder charge was that a lady friend of Audie's told him some guy was really bothering her and giving her problems and Audie told him to leave the lady alone, then someone took a shot at this guy and this creep went running to the police telling them Audie Murphy tried to kill him. The police contacted Audie Murphy and asked him to come in to be interviewed. Audie Murphy freely cooperated with the police and told the officer if he had taken a shot at that creep that he would be dead because Audie was that good of a shot. The police officer thanked Audie and told that guy to take a hike.

I’m from Greenville, TX. He is our hometown hero! 🇺🇸

Just after world WWII, when Audie Murphy was just back in the States, some guy twice his size tried to rob him with a pistol. Murphy took the pistol away, pistol-whiped the guy, and hauled him to the police. He was the real thing.

Audie murphy. Nothing to add except what a brave and wonderful courageous human being. And a very good actor too. Thank you James cagney for helping him when he needed it 🙏

His grave was the first grave I went to at Arlington National Cemetery. My deepest respect. RIP

Audi suffered from PTSD or what was once known as battle fatigue, except as we now know it may stick around for a lifetime. Audi slept with a loaded pistol underneath his pillow. He was the bravest of the brave and the most decorated soldier in American history, a selfless combatant you wanted on your side. No one should denigrate Audi ever.

I am a veteran naval aviator, My father was a veteran B-17 pilot and my uncle served with Audie in the 3rd Division. He grew up 20 miles from my mother in law in east Texas. She was a high school cheerleader when he came to the hometown victory parade after the war. I witnessed his memorial in the Forest outside Holsfier Germany where he won his Congressional medal. He will always be my number one American hero…and I love his movies. RIP Audie.

Just for the record; Audie Murphy's MOH citation................. MURPHY, AUDIE L. Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company B 15th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division Place and date: Near Holtzwihr France, 26 January 1945 Entered service at: Dallas, Tex. G.O. No.. 65, 9 August 1945 Citation: 2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry. 2d Lt. Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to prepared positions in a woods, while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by telephone. Behind him, to his right, 1 of our tank destroyers received a direct hit and began to burn. Its crew withdrew to the woods. 2d Lt. Murphy continued to direct artillery fire which killed large numbers of the advancing enemy infantry. With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, 2d Lt. Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer, which was in danger of blowing up at any moment, and employed its .50 caliber machinegun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to German fire from 3 sides, but his deadly fire killed dozens of Germans and caused their infantry attack to waver. The enemy tanks, losing infantry support, began to fall back. For an hour the Germans tried every available weapon to eliminate 2d Lt. Murphy, but he continued to hold his position and wiped out a squad which was trying to creep up unnoticed on his right flank. Germans reached as close as 10 yards, only to be mowed down by his fire. He received a leg wound, but ignored it and continued the single-handed fight until his ammunition was exhausted. He then made his way to his company, refused medical attention, and organized the company in a counterattack which forced the Germans to withdraw. His directing of artillery fire wiped out many of the enemy; he killed or wounded about 50. 2d Lt. Murphy's indomitable courage and his refusal to give an inch of ground saved his company from possible encirclement and destruction, and enabled it to hold the woods which had been the enemy's objective.

Audie Murphy is in a class by himself. The Greatest Generation.

Being dishonest and being mistaken are not the same thing.

My dad worked with Audie during the filming of "To hell and back". You can see my dad next to Audie at the taking of the farm house behind the sand bags where the 50 calibar machine gun is positioned. My dad is in 21 other parts of the movie. He said many things about Audie at the dinner table when I was a kid. Thanks to Audie my dad left his mark forever with the help of hollywood and the yakima firing range.

a normal man doing incredible things,because he could and he was TEXAS' native son, and a damn fine american,god rest his weary soul,warrior

To anyone out there that slanders our most decorated war hero, lets see anyone of you, mount a burning tank under extreme fire and duress and on your own, defend your position against an overwhelming enemy force. When you can do that, then perhaps you might get more respect. Until that happens, can the talk already. 👈👈

I wonder if the attempted murder charge has to do with the case of the dog trainer who accused him of shooting at him. According to the story i read, some time in the late 60's audie had a female friend that sought the talents of a dog trainer for her dogs. He didn't do what he said he would do and she wanted a refund. The guy was an absolute asshole. She asked Audie, he being a man, might be able to reason with him but even he came back and said the guy was a jerk and just cut your losses. Not long later the Sheriff's dept. is at Audie's door and said the man was accusing him of shooting at him. Audie was incredulous and the sheriff's deputies were doubtful of the accusation but they needed him to come down to the station to write an official statement. The local media found out that audie murphy had been "arrested," and they were waiting outside to take a statement. When he appeared there were a lot of questions. One reporter asked, " audie, did you really shoot at that man?" Audie turned, looked at the reporter and said, "if i had shot at him, do you think i'd miss?" and that was the end of that. No more questions were asked.

You know with all this hullabaloo about the statues of Confederate generals, I have to say : Where are Audie Murphys statues? The streets or airports named after him? The museum and university exhibits? Just saying, maybe we need to focus on a new generation of heroes.

That apology should have been better. It should have included the reason why he was taking the sleeping Rx med..... because of PTSD (back then referred to as battle fatigue). He was an honorable man and a true hero. Such bravery in the face of such overwhelming odds during WW2. Thank you for your service Audie and for all the good examples you set in your movies after your service. God bless you and your family and fans and friends.

Audie Murphy was 18/19 years old when he was in action and did what he did, think about that for a moment before making judgement.

Audie was a fine young man! What he did ,in service for his country, was outstanding. All American Hero & all around good good person! May he rest in peace.

For Robert Mendez. Sorry I can’t find your post to me to reply to but, thank you for the nice compliments to my father. He was 5’3 and was why he was selected as a ball turret gunner. On occasion, I wear a generic 🧢 that has his gunners wings on it. All those guys have my complete respect. I hope this post will be seen by you. Take care sir-Sincerely-Carl.

I was one of those who, back in the day, had heard that he had trouble with alcohol. I never heard that this is erroneous until now. I was a teen beginning in 1960 and read fan magazines (although I don't think I read any articles about him). By then he'd made several movies. I love (having just read) that he said he didn't want anything special done to his gravestone so it doesn't have the adornment that other MOH winners, at Arlington, have. But his grave is the #2 grave in Arlington that people visit when going there. The #1 is JFK's.

Audie Murphy, is a HERO

Geez,Tiger Woods has one for playing golf and cheating on his super model wife. Audie Murphy deserves something far greater.

And AM was 5'5" and 112 lbs. Imagine that. A small package with a big heart.

Audie Murphy was dead broke later in life, and was offered lucrative cigarette and alcohol advertising deals that would've really fattened his starved bank account. Murphy refused the deals. The reason? He knew he was a role model to a lot of people, and he didn't want to abuse their trust by peddling cigarettes and alcohol (he didn't smoke nor drink) to them when he knew them to be harmful. Murphy was a hero through and through, a man of principle and honor.

How the hell could someone talk bad about Audie Murphy. Even if true, we ALL have our demons.

I was in the 3rd ID when it was in Europe. His portrait was in the Division HQ.

Back when the "heroes" on the big screen were true heroes in reality!

It’s nice to “apologize,” but how could you make that kind of mistake? The drug thing is maybe understandable, confusing Scrip drugs with illegal drugs, but how could you create an alcohol problem that never existed? And I wonder, did you repeat the allegation that he was charged with attempted murder, without verifying it for yourself? WTH!?

Loved Audey Murphy & my father W.A. Sherman, a Flight instructor-Major( USA rank on the ground) in the USA and Flight Louie in Canada had the pleasure of picking up sharp shooters-old name for sniper( Audey was a fantastic shot - Soldier who could shoot but not a sniper) respected Audey! Dad would tell us stories about him,extremely talented, deadly, very quiet, kind compassionate man, physically small in stature, and “ The 🇺🇸 American Soldier”! 🦅☀️🦅🙏🏽 R.I.P. Soldier Audey Murphy

I was in the Army for over twenty years. NCOs like myself BEGGED to get the Audie Murphy Award because it meant we were real. Such a " mistake" was deliberate. This hadn't aged very well either based on Mankewitz history.

Dad said Audie Murphy made the "extraordinary seem ordinary" dad has so many stories and memories heshared with his children. I talked with him when I was child he would usually call on Sunday mornings. Dad was the one who went out and dragged Audie back to safety when he was hit. He told us he had to remove his boots and literally peel Audie socks off his feet. He further related how difficult it was when Laddie Tiptin died. dad knew Tiptin as well .

my dad Tom Rocco was Audies Srgt he use to call are home they remained friends for many years after the war.

You will never equal Robert Osborne Mr. Mankiewicz. Sorry but true.

my lifelong hero

Many of the stars of the 50s 60s and 70s served in World War II. Many of them had issues, but like most of that generation they just came home and went to work.

Thank you for setting the record strait! The movie stars I always had a look time for were Audie Murphy and James Stewart, because they actually were War Heroes!

The Audie Murphy fan club goes back to 1955-1956. My sister has the autographed 8X10 with his signature welcoming her. One more thing to apologize for. I'm not busting your chops, just sayin...

Now they should show it worldwide on the big screen.

Can’t stand Ben Stankiewicz

Audie will ALWAYS be a hero to me and a great actor .I love his movies 😙😙😙

This guys apology had all the sincerity of the patter used by a used car salesman!

Thank you!

Correcting the record does not an apology make. I didn't hear any real contrition here.

Audie was a true American with homegrown values. He was a deep feeling man few knew. Thank you for setting the record straight. He is very much loved. Margeau de LA Malfa

I heard the "we messed up" part, but I didn't hear any, "that's our fault", or, "sorry about that", part. You kind of need all three parts for it to be an apology. This is just a correction.

A man among men.

I’m glad those fans set you straight, too. Not respectful to sully the name of a great American/Texan hero.

When you see Audie Murphy coming, step aside, many men didn't, and many men died!

You would never see a major network issue an apology like this today. Instead they would just let viewers believe their initial false information.

they can never take our Heros from us !!!!

Hey Ben, why doesn't TCM show all of Audie's movies in chronolological order at some time.

There is too much of this slandering going on with regards to movie stars, always done after they have passed to sell biographies because the dead cannot sue for libel. It's up to the fans who know the truth to make sure that our idols are not the subject of salacious and malicious gossip-mongering from authors and journalists who know the truth is 'boring; and won't sell their books. Murphy was a genuine war hero as well as a movie hero, RIP Sir.

My understanding is that Audie Murphy became addicted to Pain Killers due to the wounds he suffered during combat and PTSD which was not recognized then the way it is today. Yes, he did recognize his addiction and suffered through severe withdrawals while trying to "kick the habit" on his own. A very strong man and a true American hero. Audie Murphy will always be a great role model.

Audie is my all time favorite western star.

Here in California is the old Audie Murphy Ranch that is now a Housing Tract named after him . I was driving by there with a Coworker Yesterday and had to explain who Audie Murphy was . My coworker was from Mexico , so thats why he never heard of him .

Not surprising that Ben Mankiewicz would get the facts about the great Audie Murphy wrong. He preferred a salacious lie about America's greatest soldier than the plain truth, that Murphy was a humble, honorable man and a patriot. But, that's to be expected, I suppose.

Johnny: Thanks for the comment and your support of the petition!

Nights must have been terrible for Mr. Murphy. Sad how a moment in time can haunt you your entire life. He’s at peace now.

Apology! What apology?

Received the congressional medal of honor at nineteen. At the end of the war he still wasn't old enough to vote. A highschool aged kid who never wavered. Lived in a chicken shack in Hunt co. as a kid.

As to the petition for the "Medal of Freedom" on Mr. Murphy's behalf- first, how could he, of all deserving military heroes, not already be there?. . .second, with this year's "heroes" (the one notable being Denzel Washington, a GREAT actor who brought many issues to the forefront), should we essentially drag Audie down to their level?He was literally miles above these latest nominees.

Admitting other people set the record straight is not an apology. Saying "I'm sorry for saying things about Mr. Murphy that weren't true and won't do it again. " is an apology.

Apologies generally involve the word "sorry" or, strange to say, "apologize". And this is even an implicit admission that it is difficult for TCM, or whoever "us" is, to stay honest. So it is more of a self-incrimination, delivered with a kind of swagger.

Ridiculous to think that Audie has never been awarded the presidential Medal of Freedom. Especially considering some that have.

Audie Murphy by now, has been awarded the above Medal of Freedom. Now all he needs is to be honored the Texas Medal of Honor.

As a kid he was the first I liked in the movies. It hurt terribly when I heard of his death. I was a kid and no one could understand why his passing hurt so much.

That’s right AM was a really great man.

With today's standards for deserving such award, Murphy's legacy would be best served by distancing itself from such standards. The award is no longer worthy of one of America's true heroes. Best wait until the award's status has been restored.

Oh Lord! Mankiewicz. Still unimaginable that he's Robert Osborne's replacement on TCM.

Someone once said most of our problem's could be solved by just saying "I'm Sorry".

Don’t expect Hollywood, especially a Mankiewicz, to treat an American hero with respect.

The best of Audie was noted in the L .A. Examiner when someone mistreated. His dog.

My mom and dad were very pleased when Audie Murphy gave them the honor and pleasure of holding me as a baby. This had to be in the 1949/1950 timeframe. Audie made mom and dad very proud that day.

There is an awesome statue of Audie Murphy holding a MG42 machine gun in the city of Greenville, Texas.

TCM get your facts straight before opening your mouth.

Audie turned down offers to do Beer commercials.

My cable package is $115 per month and included TCM when I joined. Three years in TCM was dropped from my pkg... They never reduced my bill. So I dropped them. TCM knew this was happening.

That's pretty cool. Remember apologies & concessions? Those were the days.

Knowing what we know now we can only speculate how severe his PTSD must have been. It would be difficult to believe he didn’t suffer from it considering the things he’d experienced. After all, he was only human. All things considered he was a remarkable man.

There are people that just want to tear down everything and everybody Audie Murphy was a hero He was addicted to sleeping pills because he couldn't sleep because of PTSD His actions in combat are legendary I recommend checking them out especially on how he won the Medal of Honor

Read To hell and Back. As Murph said to a friend, “after the war I never got a decent night’s sleep.” How do you judge the stature of a man? By size of his indomitable spirit.

I believe that he is the most decorated soldier in all wars in American history, God has blessed Audie Murphy,RIP ! A true American hero , so hard to find in this day and age and definitely not in our own government anymore, he did not fight to protect or promote these evil criminals and traitors who should be ashamed of themselves for their own actions against the USA!

I love this correction . And even if these false claims by TCM were true - we're all only human beings and if we went 'to Hell and back' like Audie Murphy did, we'de have some hang-ups too. Audie, like Elvis was just a plain Southern boy who had lots of talent and courage in one way or another. We all have something.

Politicians gasp in horror when they see this kind of honesty.

KEEP IT REAL TCM. NO BS!

The jerks that started the rumors should be sued inside out. Especially if they re some lowlife reporters .

Eight years ago, I named my only son after Audie Murphy and Roy Dugger. The former was a childhood hero of mine. The latter was a WWII navy man whom I became friends with in the last years of his life. Dugger and Murphy when childhood friends in Farmersville, TX. while living in Farmersville, TX. Murphy moved away, but their friendship never friends

Thank was not an apology.

I would like to know what the currant soldiers of his former I.D. have to say about the subject of his personal history .

Thanks Ben. You showed more class then you realize. I think more about Mr. Murphy being a wwII hero then a movie star.