Audie Murphy
Biopic Movie: To Hell and Back (1955)
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Poll: Heroic Purple Heart Awarded Biopic Stars
The Purple Heart medal celebrates its 240th anniversary on August 7th, 2022 and is America's oldest military award still currently awarded. Every August in the USA during National Purple Heart Month, Americans show their gratitude by honoring and remembering those who bravely suffered injuries or were killed while serving their country. The original Purple Heart military decoration was known as the Badge of Military Merit. General George Washington created the award in 1782 for meritorious service at a time when military awards given to enlisted personnel were rare. Today, the award acknowledges the physical sacrifice given to the nation and is awarded exclusively to military members who are injured or killed in combat, through an act of terrorism or by friendly fire. In honor of the sacrifice made by the nearly two million Purple Heart awardees, vote for your favorite Purple Heart awarded hero from those listed below and tweet it in support on the Twitter hashtag: #PurpleHeartDay.
Which of these individuals, whose story is featured in a biopic or a biographical television series and has been awarded a United States Purple Heart medal, is your favorite American hero?
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Chips
Biopic Movie: Chips, the War Dog (1989) -
Desmond T. Doss
Biopic Movie: Hacksaw Ridge (2016) -
Stubby
Biopic Movie: Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018) -
William J. Donovan
Biopic Movie: The Fighting 69th (1940) and the Film à Clef: The Good Shepherd (2006) -
John McCain
Docu-Drama Movie: Faith of My Fathers (2005) -
Chuck Yeager
Biopic Movie: The Right Stuff (1983) -
Gregory H. 'Pappy' Boyington
Biographical Series: Black Sheep Squadron (1976) -
Louis Zamperini
Biopic Movie: Unbroken (2014) -
Doris 'Dorie' Miller
Biopic Movies: Pearl Harbor (2001), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and the Biographical Documentary: Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992) -
Richard D. Winters
Biographical Series: Band of Brothers (2001) -
John F. Kennedy
Biopic Movie: PT 109 (1963) -
John Madison Hoskins
Biopic Movie: The Eternal Sea (1955) -
Dieter Dengler
Biopic Movie: Rescue Dawn (2006) -
Bruce P. Crandall
Biopic Movie: We Were Soldiers (2002) -
Harold G. Moore
Biopic Movie: We Were Soldiers (2002) -
Michael P. Murphy
Biopic Movie: Lone Survivor (2013) -
Marcus Luttrell
Biopic Movie: Lone Survivor (2013) -
Douglas MacArthur
Biopic Movie: MacArthur (1977) -
Ernie Pyle
Biopic Movie: Story of G.I. Joe (1945) -
Iceal Hambleton
Biopic Movie: Bat*21 (1988) -
Joyce Kilmer
Biopic Movie: The Fighting 69th (1940) -
Jim Stockdale
Biopic Movie: In Love and War (1987) -
Spencer Stone
Biopic Movie: The 15:17 to Paris (2018) -
Megan Leavey
Biopic Movie: Megan Leavey (2017) -
Ron Kovic
Biopic Movie: Born on the Fourth of July (1989) -
John Ford
Biopic Movie: Midway (2019) and the Biopic Documentary: John Ford Goes to War (2002) -
Floyd B. Schwartzwalder
Biopic Movie: The Express (2008) -
Rocky Bleier
Biopic Movie: Fighting Back: The Story of Rocky Bleier (1980) -
Biopic Movies: Above and Beyond (1952) and Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980) -
Roy Benavides
Biopic Movie: Milagro de Vietnam (1992) -
Calvin Graham
Biopic Movie: Too Young the Hero (1988) -
Al Schmid
Biopic Movie: Pride of the Marines (1945) -
Guy Gabaldon
Biopic Movie: Hell to Eternity (1960) -
Scott O'Grady
Another Purple Heart Recipient Biopic Not Listed (Pictured Example: Scott O'Grady)Docu-Drama Movie: Escape! Escape from Bosnia: The Scott O'Grady Story (2000) and the highly fictionalized Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
