A vivid memory from my boyhood's movie-going days is Audie Murphy standing on top of the burning Sherman (I think?), firing the .50 calibre Browning in the smoke.
I’ve been an Audie Murphy admirer since my uncle gave me a copy of TO HELL AND BACK in the ‘50’s. I lived in Hemet for some years and had heard a story similar to the one posted by audiesdad, but I have never heard that Audie didn’t drink, quite the opposite.