num_pages: 274
description: The classic bestselling war memoir by the most decorated American soldier in World War II, back in print in a trade paperbackOriginally 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 America's 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 GI's at war.
language: None
title: To Hell and Back
titlecomplete: To Hell and Back
genres: Military Fiction, History, World War II, Biography, Memoir, Autobiography, American History, Military History, War, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 7721
awards: awardedAt: -662659200000
name: California Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Silver)
publisher: Holt Paperbacks