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Here,here. Preach it.

I’m surprised that some on this forum didn’t know of Audie Murphy. Folks of my age his courage is common knowledge. Hasbeen

Think that title belongs to Hugh OBrian and (Shock) Sammy Davis Jr.

Who was the fastest gun in Hollywood?

Ron Bolza
Slatington, Pennsylvania

Some of the names might surprise you. How about Sammy Davis Jr. and Jerry Lewis?

The first fast draw competition took place at Knott’s Berry Farm in 1954.

Hugh O’Brian claimed his 0.25 of a second was the fastest, but Davis Jr. and Lewis were reportedly faster. O’Brian challenged Audie Murphy to a contest, but when Murphy requested live ammunition, O’Brian wisely declined.

Others who were good at fast draw during the 1950s and 1960s, says Firearms Editor Phil Spangenberger, included Wally “Mr. Peepers” Cox, Hugh Downs (a host of the early Today show), dancer Donald O’Connor, singers Marty Robbins and Frankie Lane, and actors Glenn Ford, Clu Gulager, Ernest Borgnine, Jock Mahoney and Clint Eastwood.

12344mag,

MAJ Audie Murphy is a classic case of what the late Paul "Bear" Bryant (FB coach at The University of AL) always said: "It's not the size of the dog in the fight. It's the size of the fight in the dog."

At 16YO (YES, Audie lied about his age to join the TXARNG.), and according to his official Army service record, he was about 65 inches tall & weighed 120 pounds, as of the date of enlistment.

ImVho, MAJ Audie Murphy was as pure of a warrior as modern America is ever likely to see again. = We GIs of the 3/144th Infantry, TXARNG still/will forever HONOR his service/valor/memory.

Yours, TMN78247