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Posted on 10/8/15 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 10/8/15 at 4:41 pm
97 years ago today Alvin York earned the Medal of Honor
On October 8th, 1918, US Soldier Alvin York with Company G, 328th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Infantry Division is awarded the Medal of Honor for extreme gallantry in battle.
Sergeant York is a true American hero who personifies violence of action. When staring in the face of adversity, he stood up and spit in its face. After capturing a German trench, the enemy turned its machine guns on his squad. Half of his men, and all of his senior squad leadership, were killed immediately. The remaining members of the squad were pinned down by heavy volumes of accurate, suppressing fire.
Finding himself in an untenable position, he consciously made the decision to take the fight directly to the enemy. York maneuvered himself out into the open and began taking shots at the 25 German machine gun positions, alone. His accuracy was unmatched that day.
Alvin York was extremely effective in his marksmanship, rarely missing a shot. In fact his sharpshooting skills were so strong that the German in charge decided he needed to kill York as soon as possible. He chose his six best men, told them to fix bayonets, and attack York’s position. This German assault did nothing to slow or phase York in the least. He drew his side arm and quickly dispatched all six of them at close range.
As Alvin York continued to fire on the machine gun positions, dropping German after German, he relayed a very simple message. “Surrender now, or I’ll keep killing you.” Realizing that they had no chance against this mad man and expert sharpshooter, the Germans made the decision to surrender and live. Alvin York and his small remaining squad of men captured 132 German soldiers.
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On October 8th, 1918, US Soldier Alvin York with Company G, 328th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Infantry Division is awarded the Medal of Honor for extreme gallantry in battle.
Sergeant York is a true American hero who personifies violence of action. When staring in the face of adversity, he stood up and spit in its face. After capturing a German trench, the enemy turned its machine guns on his squad. Half of his men, and all of his senior squad leadership, were killed immediately. The remaining members of the squad were pinned down by heavy volumes of accurate, suppressing fire.
Finding himself in an untenable position, he consciously made the decision to take the fight directly to the enemy. York maneuvered himself out into the open and began taking shots at the 25 German machine gun positions, alone. His accuracy was unmatched that day.
Alvin York was extremely effective in his marksmanship, rarely missing a shot. In fact his sharpshooting skills were so strong that the German in charge decided he needed to kill York as soon as possible. He chose his six best men, told them to fix bayonets, and attack York’s position. This German assault did nothing to slow or phase York in the least. He drew his side arm and quickly dispatched all six of them at close range.
As Alvin York continued to fire on the machine gun positions, dropping German after German, he relayed a very simple message. “Surrender now, or I’ll keep killing you.” Realizing that they had no chance against this mad man and expert sharpshooter, the Germans made the decision to surrender and live. Alvin York and his small remaining squad of men captured 132 German soldiers.
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Posted on 10/8/15 at 4:44 pm to Alahunter
A monumental badass.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 4:52 pm to Alahunter
Frickin Christ... They don't make guys like this anymore
Posted on 10/8/15 at 5:40 pm to Alahunter
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He drew his side arm and quickly dispatched all six of them at close range.
Guess what sidearm that would've been.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 6:03 pm to Alahunter
Posted on 10/8/15 at 6:17 pm to Alahunter
That's one of my favorite movies. I watched it many times with my grandfather, when I was a kid.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 8:27 pm to Alahunter
Don't make em like him anymore.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 8:31 pm to Alahunter
Just a ri-goddamn-diculous level of badassery
Posted on 10/8/15 at 8:34 pm to Alahunter
I believe he was a Quaker. The State of Tennessee built him a big cabin and gave him some land, it's a museum and park now.
He learned to shoot growing up, and refused to serve in a combat position at first,based on his religion.
He changed his mind later though, thinking that maybe because of his ability, he could save some lives.
I guess he saw what terrible shots that most recruits really are.
He learned to shoot growing up, and refused to serve in a combat position at first,based on his religion.
He changed his mind later though, thinking that maybe because of his ability, he could save some lives.
I guess he saw what terrible shots that most recruits really are.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:18 pm to Alahunter
Words to describe his badassness.........they escape me
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:30 pm to Alahunter
That's bad arse. Love stories like this from WWI and WWII
You should check out Frank D. Peregory sometime. I learned his story on a tour of Normandy once. He's buried at Colleville-sur-Mer.
You should check out Frank D. Peregory sometime. I learned his story on a tour of Normandy once. He's buried at Colleville-sur-Mer.
Posted on 10/8/15 at 9:32 pm to Alahunter
Picture is bullshite. That aint him. Errbody knows Alvin York looked exactly like Gary Cooper. 
Posted on 10/9/15 at 1:47 am to Alahunter
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WWII’s answer to SG York was a man only 5 feet 5 inches tall, and 150 pounds. He earned every major combat award the U. S. has to offer, fighting in Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Rome, and France. He got the DSC in Normandy, when a German called down from a hilltop that he was surrendering. One of Murphy’s buddies took the bait and stood up, right into a sniper’s bullet. This infuriated Murphy, who jumped up and shot the sniper dead, then charged up the hill and wiped out a machine gun nest of 6 men, firing and throwing grenades at them. Then he picked up the MG-42 and charged over the hillside spraying it from the hip, killing 10 more men.When asked how it felt to have the DSC, he said, “I got the DSC. All he got was dead.” It was on 26 January 1945, in Holtzwihr, France, almost on the German border, that he earned the Medal of Honor for ordering his men to retreat as the German assault on the town began. His unit had only 19 fighting men left out of 128. He stayed behind and shot the Germans as they emerged from the woods to cross a clearing, until he was out of ammunition. He then climbed onto a burning tank destroyer and used the .50 caliber machine gun to push them back. The Panzers and mortars started blowing up the ground all around him, but he continued this one-man assault for an hour, until he started calling in artillery strikes over the tank destroyer’s phone.He called these strikes in closer and closer to his position, blowing up Germans and tanks less than 50 yards from him. He finally called a strike on his position, prompting the man on the other end to say, “That’s right on top of you! How close are they!?”“Hold the phone! I’ll let you talk to them!” he shouted and jumped from the vehicle, and ran into the woods as they overran his position and were struck down again by American cannon fire. As the Germans were in disarray, he called his men out and organized a counter-attack, driving the German’s back. His men estimated that he had killed 50 men.
Just another BAMF here. Google some of the MOH recipients and read in MF awe.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 3:54 pm to Alahunter
He would be labeled a religious zealot, gun nut that should be locked up if he were alive today.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 7:10 pm to Alahunter
Lots of folks saying They don't make 'em like him any more. Truth is America could keep on turning this type out if we could just get over being scared of ourselves.
American History 1945-Present... is the story of a people being scared of how powerful they could be.
This story starts with Hiroshima and has thus far been marked with shame. ...With the shame for how bad arse we can be.
If we could ever get over our fear of ourselves then we could turn out Sgt. York's, again, by the hundred. If we don't then Guatemala and Costa Rica will "rescue" our "enlightened" asses with some raping and subjugation to remind us of Satan's origin within the minds of our "it's hard to mow my lawn" stone age ancestors.
But never mind this. The RIGHT thing to do is to pretend that 7 billion human frickers are all skinny white upper middle class American college graduates and ergo NOW is inherently different from ALWAYS.
U'all know what I'm sayin?
Nope. Probably not.
American History 1945-Present... is the story of a people being scared of how powerful they could be.
This story starts with Hiroshima and has thus far been marked with shame. ...With the shame for how bad arse we can be.
If we could ever get over our fear of ourselves then we could turn out Sgt. York's, again, by the hundred. If we don't then Guatemala and Costa Rica will "rescue" our "enlightened" asses with some raping and subjugation to remind us of Satan's origin within the minds of our "it's hard to mow my lawn" stone age ancestors.
But never mind this. The RIGHT thing to do is to pretend that 7 billion human frickers are all skinny white upper middle class American college graduates and ergo NOW is inherently different from ALWAYS.
U'all know what I'm sayin?
Nope. Probably not.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 12:06 pm to Alahunter
I wish they'd remake Sgt York and Hell is for Heroes
Two great movies about two great soldiers back when we actually fought for something.
Two great movies about two great soldiers back when we actually fought for something.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 1:00 pm to Alahunter
I remember the article cracked had on him 6 years back.
Like shooting wild turkeys back home.
Like shooting wild turkeys back home.
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