where did audie murphy grow up?
Texas
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 Audie Leon Murphy was born the seventh of twelve children to Emmett Berry Murphy and his wife Josie Bell Killian in Kingston , Texas . The Murphys were sharecroppers of Irish descent . 

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 Murphy was born in Douglas and raised in Ballintemple , two suburbs of Cork . His father , Brendan , works for the Irish Department of Education , and his mother is a French teacher . Not only are his parents educators , but his aunts and uncles are also teachers , as was his grandfather . Musicianship also runs in the family , and Murphy started playing music and writing songs at the age of 10 . 

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 Murphy became a national celebrity following his World War II military service when Life magazine proclaimed him America 's " most decorated soldier " in its 16 July 1945 issue cover story . That magazine cover brought him to the attention of veteran actor James Cagney who invited him to Hollywood . When Murphy arrived in California after his military discharge , Cagney cancelled the hotel reservations he 'd made for Murphy and instead took him into his own home , " I got the shock of my life . Audie was very thin . His complexion was bluish @-@ gray . " Commenting years later on his first impression , Cagney said , " [ Murphy was ] in such a nervous condition that I was afraid he might jump out of a window . I took him home and gave him my bed . " He spent three weeks as a guest of Cagney and then returned to Texas before finally agreeing to an offer from brothers James and William Cagney of $ 150 a week as a contract player with their production company . The Cagneys gave Murphy personal attention on acting techniques . He also took lessons at the Actors ' Lab on Sunset Boulevard . Murphy studied voice techniques , learned judo , and trained with choreographer John Boyle , Cagney 's dance coach for Yankee Doodle Dandy . A 1947 disagreement with William Cagney ended his association with the brothers without having been cast in a film production . 

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 The family moved to Hillburn , New York , where his father ran the general store , and he spent much of his childhood . He was an Eagle Scout . Looking back , Reines said : " My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town , including Independence Day July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand . " 

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 As a teenager , he met Marie Warshawski at the wedding of a mutual friend . They married in 1973 , and have three sons and a daughter . 
