When the wind changed direction

Audie Murphy joins the military as a wee 17 year old lad and comes back as the most decorated soldier for combat action in the military history of the United States. He did a tour in North Africa and Europe during WWII. Despite the name, there's hardly any hell in To Hell and Back (1955), it's kind of bad theatre by jesters in uniform feeling homesick. Interestingly though, the actual Audie Murphy in the lead.