What star of Tumbleweed was also one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II?
Tumbleweed (1953 film) Tumbleweed is a 1953 Technicolor Western film directed by Nathan Juran starring Audie Murphy, Lori Nelson and Chill Wills. It was also known by the alternative title of Three Were Renegades; the title of the 1937 novel "Three Were Thoroughbreds" by Kenneth Taylor Perkins the film was based on which had been previously filmed as the 1948 film "Relentless".
Frank J. Petrarca Frank Joseph Petrarca (July 31, 1918 – July 31, 1943) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.