Alvin C. York Project Records, 1987.

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Alvin C. York Project Records, 1987.

Consists of photocopied material taken mainly from original documents located at the Alvin C. York site in Pall Mall, Tennessee. Records include documents, manuscripts, publications, articles, correspondence, clippings, and speeches. It includes a comprehensive study of Sergeant Alvin C. York.

3 ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7943946

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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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