Most decorated war veteran
Who
Audie Murphy
What
24 total number
Where
United States ()
When
1945

Audie Murphy (1924–1971) was the most decorated soldier in US history, winning 24 medals from the Congressional Medal of Honor down. His exploits were the subject of To Hell and Back (USA, 1956), in which he starred as himself.

He starred in 27 films, mostly Westerns, with the film version of his autobiography To Hell and Backsetting the record as Universal's highest-grossing picture for 20 years until the release of Steven Spielberg's Jaws.