Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964) was a United States soldier, famous as a World War I hero. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, taking 32 machine guns, killing 28 German soldiers and capturing 132 others. This action took place during the U.S.-led portion of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France, which was part of a broader Allied offensive masterminded by Marshal Ferdinan...
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Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964) was a United States soldier, famous as a World War I hero. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, taking 32 machine guns, killing 28 German soldiers and capturing 132 others. This action took place during the U.S.-led portion of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in France, which was part of a broader Allied offensive masterminded by Marshal Ferdinand Foch to breach the Hindenburg line and ultimately force the opposing German forces to capitulate.
Alvin Cullum York was born in Pall Mall, Tennessee on December 13, 1887, the third of eleven children to Mary Elizabeth Brooks (12 February 1865 - 10 October 1951) and William York (31 August 1827 - 29 March 1911). William York was a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War, and a native of Buncombe County, North Carolina, whom settled in Fentress County after the conclusion of the American Civil War. Mary Elizabeth York was born in...
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