"Real Person Who Most Exceeded the Rules? Audie Murphy!" Topic

You were asked – TMP link

Calling here for real people whose conduct or abilities so far exceeded the human norm that you'd have to use special rules to use them in a skirmish game.

And in the final round of voting:

36% said "Audie Murphy"
19% said "Hedy Lamarr"
14% said "Benjamin Franklin"

All good choices for the reasons that best fit their circumstances/gifts.

I voted for Murphy and both of the runner-ups, but if anyone here has not read "To Hell And Back," he has missed not only one of the most powerful of all war memoirs, but also an opportunity to understand what motivated GI's and provide insights into what a WW II rules set should consider.

But, frankly, don't put any time into the movie. Leave it to Hollywood and the Army to have their own motivations and agenda's that cut the soul out of the book.

Here's the link to the Book Finder page listing a zillion copies, new and used, etc, for less than a pack of 28mm figures: link

It is a shame that AM is not better known today. He was one of the most impressive American warriors to ever take the field of battle. His exploits can make a special forces soldier think twice about how great he really is…
I once described AM to a co-worker who had never heard of him as "one of the most deadly men who ever lived."

And by all accounts, a man of quality in his private life, as much as it could have been.