Sgt. York

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[glockpiercing]

It is shameful how quickly the majority of America's people forget the heros of the past and then question if it really even happened. This is a great video more should watch it. With Respects X

[WKUHilltopper]

I asked my grandfather (a WW1 combat vet) years ago about Sgt. York. For some reason he didn't care for him. Said he was nothing special. He told me, "Hell, those krault boys were so tired of fighting he could have captured half of them with a banana..." He added "the huns would jump out at you to surrender". He didn't care much for the French either...LOL

[Mastriano777]

That statement is historically false. The morning that the war ended - 11,000 Allied soldiers fell in action - in just 11 hours of fighting the last few hours of the war! Think of this - for the ENTIRE 24 hours that our soldiers fought in Normandy in World War Two - 6 June 1944 - we suffered 9,000 casualties. I would say that based upon this hard fact - that the "huns would NOT jump out and surrender." If you don't agree tell that to the 11,000 who fell to Hun bullets on 11 November 1918.

[IsMackinac]

A good rifleman with a good rifle.

[rabbitoh14]

@cagonesss you fucking dumb hillbilly

[cagonesss]

military today does not comparetothe old.back then men had balls.these dumb warsof greed we have are dumb.waste of our money.back then they faught like men now all we have is to many fags in the military .they shouldnt admit them in the military.the whole world is making fun of us because of this homosexuals crap on the news.

[TheMizopa]

Sgt. York deserves more recognition and respect(especially with ppl of this generation)......he is easily one of the ppl from history who will and have influenced me most......and i am an Indian.

[pedonbio]

@WKUHilltopper York felt the same way--He always figured that the Army had screwed him, and he just did what anyone in his spot would do. He was a religious pacifist; in WW I conscientious objectors were drafted into the Army and supposedly assigned to non-combat functions, but he wound up in a front-line unit. Probably the most persuasive information came years later from German records; one of the German officers wrote a summary of what he had seen that supported the Army version.

[reginaDexant]

Good Job! Thank you for preserving the memory of this Hero. I love the story of Alvin C. York & I love the movie "Sgt. York" with Gary Cooper. One of the few stories that didn't omit God and the reality of Him in a soldiers life. Thanks again.

[wilhelm1974]

I could imagine what these men went through, my grandfather fought in every major offensive in the 1st world war. Purple heart and silver star recipient, and on top of that he lost part of his lung to mustard gas...