Desperate to see action but rejected by both the marines and paratroopers because he was too short, Murphy eventually found a home with the infantry. He fought through campaigns in Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany. Although still under twenty-one years old on V-E Day, he was credited with having killed, captured, or wounded 240 Germans. He emerged from the war as America's most decorated soldier, having received twenty-one medals, including our...

Jeff Preston (Audie Murphy), commander of an Arizona cavalry outpost, hates the Apaches and battles them fiercely--until his attitude is softened by romance with part-Indian missionary Linda Lawson ("Night Tide"). But the presence of gold on Indian land and the depredations of greedy settlers, stirs the already boiling pot in this exciting western.