Monday, October 8, 2018

WW I October 8, 1918: Sergeant York's Accomplishment


From the April 2017 VFW Magazine.

This date 100 years ago.

OCTOBER 8, 1918

Sergeant Alvin York, of G Company, 328th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Division, is responsible for the deaths of nine of the 25 Germans killed and captures 132 more single-handedly in the Argonne Forest.

He becomes a huge American hero.

--Cooter


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