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- 1 2 Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 291
- ↑ Gunpoint at the Audie Murphy Memorial Site
- ↑ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
- ↑ Hedda Hopper (April 3, 1965). "Audie Murphy to Invade Europe". Los Angeles Times. p. 17.
