To Hell and Back: Difference between revisions
To Hell and Back: Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
To Hell and Back: Difference between revisions
[[Image:THAB20.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Audie Murphy inspects Pvt. Kerrigan's ([[Jack Kelly]]) Browning Automatic Rifle, finding a large amount of dirt in the action.]]
[[Image:THAB20.jpg|600px|thumb|none|"How'd you get your Purple Hearts, your rifle blow up?" Audie Murphy inspects Pvt. Kerrigan's ([[Jack Kelly]]) Browning Automatic Rifle, finding a large amount of dirt in the action.]]
[[Image:THAB21.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A US soldier fires a mounted Browning Automatic Rifle.]]
[[Image:THAB21.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A US soldier fires a mounted Browning Automatic Rifle.]]
[[Image:THAB22.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A US soldier with his Browning Automatic Rifle.]]
[[Image:THAB22.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A US soldier with his Browning Automatic Rifle.]]
To Hell and Back is the 1955 biopic focusing on the early life and wartime exploits of Audie Murphy, the most decorated US soldier of World War II. The film begins with his childhood in Texas, where he became the head of his family at a young age, then follows his enrollment in the Army where he was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division. He fought in North Africa, Sicily and Italy before landing in southern France and eventually fighting in Germany. In addition to being a Medal of Honor recipient, he also received battle honors from the French and Belgian government. For the scenes set in World War II, Audie Murphy portrays himself. The battle scenes were reused in the 1967 film The Young Warriors.
The Browning M2HB is seen mounted on Sherman tanks. Audie Murphy uses one to defeat an enemy infantry attack, earning him the Medal of Honor. In the actual battle Audie Murphy fired the Browning M2 from an M10 Tank Destroyer. Also, while the film depicts this action as having taken place in balmy weather and good visibility in rolling terrain, it actually took place in the bitter winter of 1945, at the edge of a forest and in conditions of poor visibility.
