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Alvin C. York
Alvin C. York
Alvin Cullum York was an American war hero in WWI. He
was born on December 13, 1887, in Pall Mall, Tennessee. Being
the eldest Alvin learned how to be a crack shot and a good
woodsman in order to take care of his siblings. By 1911 his
father died leaving his responsibilities to Alvin.
There was a period in which he developed into a heavy
drinker and started getting into frequent bar fights. York
persisted to get into bar fights, until his best friend was beat to
death. Soon he changed his ways and joined the united christians
union. He became a new man and quit his drinking habits. Soon
the war started and he was drafted.
He was new man, and with that he didn’t want to fight in the
war. He tried to get a non-combat position, but it wasn’t long
until his company commander, Capt. Edward Courtney Bullock
Danforth, and his battalion commander, Maj. Gonzalo "George"
Edward Buxton, convinced him to fight. Alvin was a natural
with a rifle do to his years of hunting and gathering for his
family. Soon he was in Europe waging war against America's
enemies.
Alvin C. York
He served with his unit in the St. Mihiel offensive in
northeastern France in September 1918. The attack weakened
German forces in northern France and set the stage for attacks in
the Argo...
