Sergeant York: An American Hero

Sergeant York: An American HeroDescription by David D. Lee Paperback Alvin C. York went out on a routine patrol an ordinary, unknown American doughboy of the First World War. He came back from no man's land a hero. In a brief encounter on October 8, 1918, during the Argonne offensive, York had killed 25 German soldiers and, almost single handedly, effected the capture of 132 others. Returning to the United States the following spring, he received a tumultuous public welcome and a

charged across the shell-scarred French dirt of no-man's-land

special units

as well as being appointed commander of his own unit

the Marne River

especially in hot spots like the Middle East and the Balkans

which ignited the war

and Wilfred Owen

and who deserve to be remembered

One of the great woman adventurers of the twentieth century

through the tough actions of Gaza

Argonne Forest

The strain of the war ravaged all economic and political assumptions