Alvin C. York photograph and letter.

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Alvin C. York photograph and letter.

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Consists of four items relating to Alvin C. York, a sergeant in the United States Army during World War I. Materials include an undated photograph of York, a 1961 postmarked envelope, and two letters. One of the letters, dated in 1961, was handwritten by York's wife for York and concerns the photograph, which was apparently enclosed. The other letter, dated in 1960, is typewritten and seems to have originated from the office of James W. Powell, finance officer from the American Legion, Jere Cooper Dyersburg Post No. 30, in Dyersburg, Tennessee. Both letters are addressed to Mr. Charles R. Abel of El Paso, Texas. Abel apparently gave a donation to the Dyersburg American Legion Post in York's behalf.

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University of Texas at El Paso

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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...

Abel, Charles R.

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American Legion. Jere Cooper Dyersburg Post No. 30 (Dyersburg, Tenn.)

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Powell, James Wooldridge, 1922-

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