To Hell and Back

The classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War II back in print in a trade paperback Originally published in 1949 To Hell and Back was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself. More than fifty years later this classic wartime memoir is just as gripping as it was then. 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 Americas most decorated soldier having received twenty-one medals including our highest military decoration the Congressional Medal of Honor. To Hell and Back is a powerfully real portrayal of American GIs at war.