A Soldier's Tale :: A Beer-Gut Reaction to To Hell and Back (1955)

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"Into the air, Junior Birdmen. Into the air, Boy Scouts, too. Into the air, Junior Birdmen, and keep your nose up in the blue. And when they make that presentation, and pin on those wings of tin. You, too, can be a Junior Birdman if you send your box-tops in..." 

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To start with: Audie Murphy Audie Murphy and Audie Murphy -- Audie Murphy Audie Murphy. Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy, but Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy. Well, Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy (-- Audie Murphy Audie Murphy). Audie Murphy? Because Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy and Audie Murphy. Audie Murphy, Audie Murphy Audie Murphy ... Audie Murphy Audie Murphy: Audie Murphy Audie, and then Murphy Audie! But, Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy -- Audie Murphy Audie Murphy -- Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy!

Of course, Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy, Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy. Ergo, Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy; Audie Murphy Audie Murphy, Audie Murphy Audie Murphy. Audie Murphy Audie Murphy, and Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy, but Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy. Then, Audie Murphy Audie Murphy; Audie Murphy Audie Murphy, Audie Murphy and Audie Murphy.

Meanwhile, Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy; Audie Murphy, Audie Murphy, as Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy. Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy (-- Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie), but Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy. Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy; Audie Murphy Audie Murphy, Audie Murphy Audie Murphy, Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy!

Because Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie. Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy CinemaScope Audie Murphy Audie. Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy -- Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy Audie Murphy.

In conclusion: Audie F@ckin' Murphy.

Other Points of Interest:

Newspaper ads for To Hell and Back at the Morgue. 

To Hell and Back (1955) Universal International Pictures :: Universal Pictures / P: Aaron Rosenberg / D: Jesse Hibbs / W: Gil Doud, Audie Murphy (autobiography) / C: Maury Gertsman / E: Edward Curtiss / M: Irving Gertz, William Lava, Henry Mancini, Lou Maury / S: Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Jack Kelly, Paul Picerni, David Janssen