Does anyone know who Alvin York was.?

Question

WW1 he won the CMH in France anyone know what for ??

I am impressed that so many knew of him

Answer 1

Better known as Sgt. York he was considered to be America's greatest World War I civilian soldier.

On October 8 1918 in the battle of the Argonne Alvin C. York captured 132 prisoners. That not only earned him the CMH (awarded in 1919 when he returned to the US from France) but the Distinguished Service Cross, the French Croix de Guerre, the French Legion of Honor, the Croce di Guerra of Italy, and the War Medal of Montenegro and his promotion to sergent.

Answer 2

Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964) was a United States soldier, famous for his heroism in World War I. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine-gun nest, killing 32 German soldiers and capturing 132 others as well as knocking out 35 German machine guns, completely overtaking a German controlled hill.

Answer 3

Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964) was a United States soldier, famous for his heroism in World War I. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine-gun nest, killing 32 German soldiers and capturing 132 others as well as knocking out 35 German machine guns, completely overtaking a German controlled hill.

Early life
York was born in Pall Mall, Tennessee in the Valley of the Three Forks of the Wolf, the third of eleven children born to William York and Mary Elizabeth York, née Brooks. As was typical of the area and times, his family subsisted by farming and hunting. As a result, young Alvin became an expert marksman in the area woods.

York was something of a "nuisance" as a youth, frequently getting into drunken brawls. In 1914, his best friend was killed in a bar fight, prompting York to change his ways. He became a devout Christian after that incident, joining the denomination known as the Church of Christ in Christian Union. [1] His conversion supposedly led him to file as a conscientious objector at the start of World War I, though there are disputes as to his exact technical status. According to York's diary,[2] his mother and his pastor filed the application for conscientious objector status on York's behalf, but York refused to sign the papers..........http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_York

Answer 4

yes i have the movie, he was a back woods bumpkin. who refused at first to carry a gun. and then was sent home to review his thoughts and return with his decision to fight or be discharged from the military. he chose to stay in and became a military hero won all kinds of medals from france also the CMH

Answer 5

York won the award for his capture of a German occupied hill almost single-handedly. For more info on exactly what happened in York's own words go to the October 8 1918 entry in this link to his journal.

http://www.alvincyork.org/Diary.htm

Answer 6

Right. Alvin Cullum York,aka: "Sergeant York"
WW11 Medal of Honor recipient.

Answer 7

Backwoods marksman who won the congressional medal of honor.

for leading an attack on a German machine-gun nest, killing 32 German soldiers and capturing 132 others as well as knocking out 35 German machine guns, completely overtaking a German controlled hill.

Answer 8

Yes, and the old Hollywood made an excellent movie about it. The new Hollywood would have to twist the facts and make it into an Anti-American film about pollution, global warming, or some sort of conspiracy on the part of the government to commit evil.

Answer 9

http://www.alvincyork.org/


He was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine-gun nest, killing 32 German soldiers and capturing 132 others as well as knocking out 35 German machine guns, completely overtaking a German controlled hill.

Answer 10

He was an American soldier in WWI. Famous also for the Congressional Medal of Honor, if I remember correctly. He was an EXCELLENT shot.