Noobink: TIL that after enlisting in 1942, Audie Murphy was rejected by the Marines for being too short and the navy for being too skinny. The Army accepted him, but did not want to send him into combat because he looked so young. He went on to receive every military award for valor available from the Army.

TIL that after enlisting in 1942, Audie Murphy was rejected by the Marines for being too short and the navy for being too skinny. The Army accepted him, but did not want to send him into combat because he looked so young. He went on to receive every military award for valor available from the Army.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/22570/amazing-life-audie-murphy

Submitted April 17, 2015 at 03:43AM by NineteenEighty9 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/32uuwm/til_that_after_enlisting_in_1942_audie_murphy_was/

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TIL that after enlisting in 1942, Audie Murphy was rejected by the Marines for being too short and the navy for being too skinny. The Army accepted him, but did not want to send him into combat because he looked so young. He went on to receive every military award for valor available from the Army.

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