ergeant Alvin York, an American war hero, receives the Medal of Honor. York was born December 13, 1887 in Pall, Tennessee, third oldest child out of 11. He spent a total of nine-months at a Scription School during his childhood. Then, at a very young age he became a competent marksman. Around in his early twenties he became a day laborer at a railroad near him. York didn’t know how to manage his money, you would typically see him donating his money to the less fortunate, people who needed it the most, those who were deep in poverty. A little later on in his life, York began drinking and gambling, he eventually was known as a hell-raiser. York continued drinking up until his best-friend, Everett Delk was killed in a bar fight up in Static,
