Records of the Army Staff. 1903 - 2009. Official Military Personnel Files. 1912 - 1998. Official Military Personnel File for Alvin C. York

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Records of the Army Staff. 1903 - 2009. Official Military Personnel Files. 1912 - 1998. Official Military Personnel File for Alvin C. York

1917-1964

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/57315210

This Official Military Personnel File includes records from the following folders: Service Documents (September 1917-September 1964); Field File/Jacket or Record Book (August 1917-January 1927); Correspondence (March 1919-September 1964); Awards, Decorations, & Commendations (March 1919-December 1955).

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National Archives at St. Louis

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SNAC Resource ID: 6485620

National Archives at St. Louis

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York, Alvin Cullum, 1887-1964

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Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964), also known as Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, taking at least one machine gun, killing at least 25 enemy soldiers and capturing 132. York's Medal of Honor action occurred during the United States-led portion of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France, which was intended to breach the Hindenburg line a...