Born on December 13, 1887, in Pall Mall, Tennessee, Alvin C. York was a blacksmith who was drafted into the army in 1917.The third oldest of a family of eleven children. Living in a region that saw little need for education, York had a grand total of nine-months schooling at a subscription school he attended in his youth. People thought that he wouldn’t amount to anything because he was a hell raiser drinker and gambler.
In 1914 York experienced a religious conversion that changed look out in life.
In that year two significant events occurred: his best friend, Everett Delk, was killed in a bar fight in he attended a revival conducted by the Church of Christ in Christian Union. Delk's senseless death convinced York that he needed to change his ways or suffer a fate similar to his fallen comrade, which prompted him to attend the prayer meeting. He became involved with the Church of Christ in Christian Union. This church espoused a strict moral code which forbade drinking, dancing, movies, swimming, swearing, popular literature, and moral injunctions against violence and war.
When the United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917 York's life changed. June 5, 1917, just six months prior to his thirtieth birthday he got his draft …show more content…
On October 8, 1918, Corporal Alvin C. York and sixteen other soldiers under the command of Sergeant Bernard Early were dispatched before sunrise to take command of the Decauville railroad behind Hill 223 in the Chatel-Chehery sector of the Meuse-Argonne sector- end result of this 9 men captured 132 prisoners and York silenced 35 machine guns. For his actions, York was singled out as the greatest individual soldier of the war and when he returned home in 1919 he was wooed by Hollywood, Broadway. Alvin York returned to America with a single vision. He wanted to provide a practical educational opportunity for the mountain boys and girls of
In 1914 York experienced a religious conversion that changed look out in life.
In that year two significant events occurred: his best friend, Everett Delk, was killed in a bar fight in he attended a revival conducted by the Church of Christ in Christian Union. Delk's senseless death convinced York that he needed to change his ways or suffer a fate similar to his fallen comrade, which prompted him to attend the prayer meeting. He became involved with the Church of Christ in Christian Union. This church espoused a strict moral code which forbade drinking, dancing, movies, swimming, swearing, popular literature, and moral injunctions against violence and war.
When the United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917 York's life changed. June 5, 1917, just six months prior to his thirtieth birthday he got his draft …show more content…
On October 8, 1918, Corporal Alvin C. York and sixteen other soldiers under the command of Sergeant Bernard Early were dispatched before sunrise to take command of the Decauville railroad behind Hill 223 in the Chatel-Chehery sector of the Meuse-Argonne sector- end result of this 9 men captured 132 prisoners and York silenced 35 machine guns. For his actions, York was singled out as the greatest individual soldier of the war and when he returned home in 1919 he was wooed by Hollywood, Broadway. Alvin York returned to America with a single vision. He wanted to provide a practical educational opportunity for the mountain boys and girls of