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York, Alvin Cullum,

1887–1964, American soldier known as Sergeant York, b. Fentress co., Tenn. He was reared on a back-country farm in Tennessee. A conscientious objector at the beginning of World War I, he later agreed to fight and was credited with killing 25 German soldiers, capturing 132 others, and taking a hill in an engagement (Oct. 8, 1918) in the Argonne Forest. York received the highest decorations of the American and French governments and became a popular hero. He later founded a school in the Tennessee mountains.

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See his autobiography (1928); biography by T. J. Skeykill (1930).

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In his view, Alvin York was a true American hero for both his feats on the battlefield in World War I and a "life well-lived" afterwards.

Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne

In this thorough biography of Alvin York, the American hero of the Great War and Medal of Honor recipient, Douglas Mastriano avoids that mistake and allows the role and significance of York's devout Christianity to take center stage, which is almost certainly the way York and those who knew him best would have wanted his story told.

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Then add stocks of black walnut from the tree which shaded the family home of one of America's best-loved heroes, Medal of Honor-recipient Sergeant Alvin York.

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Cooper starred in more than 90 films, earning two Best Actor Academy Awards, one for "Sergeant York" in which he was hand-picked for the role by Sergeant Alvin York himself, followed by "High Noon.

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Americans of the time could proudly tell you how Sergeant Alvin York of Tennessee had single-handedly wiped out a German patrol with one shot apiece from his issue .