Rocky Mount Historical Association Collection, 1938-1965.

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Rocky Mount Historical Association Collection, 1938-1965.

Contains newspaper clippings, cartoons, publications, magazines, correspondence, and documents that pertain to World War II.

2.25 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6948118

East Tennessee State University, TET

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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...

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The Rocky Mount Historical Association is a not-for-profit, educational organization, chartered in 1958, which governs the Rocky Mount Museum. This living-history museum in Piney Flats, Tennessee interpretes frontier era life. Rocky Mount was home to William Cobb. It served as a United States territorial capitol for the Southwest Territory from 1790-1792, when Governor William Blount took up residence. From the description of Rocky Mount Historical Associatio...