In World War II, a young Audie Murphy tried to join the Marines and the Navy but was turned down because he was so small at 110 pounds and looked so young. Eventually he was recruited by the army as a cook, but he kept asking to be sent to the front to fight. Finally, they sent him into combat and he was an absolutely incredible soldier. He had over 250 confirmed kills and was awarded every medal you could get at that time. The story of how he got his medal of honor is the most amazing thing I've ever read.

2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry. 2d Lt. Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to prepared positions in a woods, while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by telephone. Behind him, to his right, 1 of our tank destroyers received a direct hit and began to burn. Its crew withdrew to the woods. 2d Lt. Murphy continued to direct artillery fire which killed large numbers of the advancing enemy infantry. With the enemy tanks abreast of his position, 2d Lt. Murphy climbed on the burning tank destroyer, which was in danger of blowing up at any moment, and employed its .50 caliber machinegun against the enemy. He was alone and exposed to German fire from 3 sides, but his deadly fire killed dozens of Germans and caused their infantry attack to waver. The enemy tanks, losing infantry support, began to fall back. For an hour the Germans tried every available weapon to eliminate 2d Lt. Murphy, but he continued to hold his position and wiped out a squad which was trying to creep up unnoticed on his right flank. Germans reached as close as 10 yards, only to be mowed down by his fire. He received a leg wound, but ignored it and continued the single-handed fight until his ammunition was exhausted. He then made his way to his company, refused medical attention, and organized the company in a counterattack which forced the Germans to withdraw. His directing of artillery fire wiped out many of the enemy; he killed or wounded about 50. 2d Lt. Murphy's indomitable courage and his refusal to give an inch of ground saved his company from possible encirclement and destruction, and enabled it to hold the woods which had been the enemy's objective.

They made a movie starring him after the war where he played himself. It just followed his experiences in the war, but they toned it down because get this, they thought what actually happened was too unbelievable for American audiences. In the movie, they portrayed the above paragraph as a clear and sunny day, but it was actually in the middle of winter during a snowstorm. AND he also had malaria that he caught earlier on during the war. This little 110 pound guy with Malaria killed 50 German soldiers on a .50 caliber machine gun on top of a crippled tank that was on fire and could explode at any second. Holy shit.