Alvin C. York

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Alvin C. York

• The life and times

By Jamie Anderson February 4, 2004
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Yorks life

• York was born in Pall Mall Tennessee on December
  13, 1887. T his is a picture of his family in
  1900.

• York died on September 2, 1964 at the Veterans
  Hospital in Nashville Tennessee.This is a picture
  of where he is buried.

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Known Accomplishments

• During WWI on October 8, 1918 York killed 25
  Germans and Captured 132 with an army of less
  than 15.This was remembered in history and York
  was given the Congressional Medal of Honor.

• Less than 10 years after war York established the
  agricultural institute. He spent many years
  raising money before it opened.

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Yorks Effects in History

• Without York we may not have had won WWI. He is a
  very memorable person, no man has never captured
  so many with such a small army.
• Not only did York win our country a war he
  established a private institute to help others
  learn.

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Significance

• He became well know from his war events in 1918.
  He did not stop there, he continued to help our
  country better itself. It takes a good church
  going man to accomplish all of these things. He
  was so significant in history he had a movie made
  about him. This picture is taken from the opening
  of his movie.

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This year in history

• This year in history over 20 million people were
  killed by the influenza epidemic.

• During war time Alvin York was the man of the
  year.

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Yorks personal life
York in front of his home.

• After war Alvin married a young woman named
  Gracie. They were both very holy, right before
  war Gracie turned Alvin into a pacifist. They
  started a family after war. Photo to the right is
  their family in 1938.

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Yorks later years

• York was not in his prime in his later years. He
  had a brain clot in 1954 and was bed ridden. He
  was than in the circle electric chair.

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More stuff you should know about York

• As you know York had an excellent shot. He was
  basically born with it. He had a great eye even
  before he went to war. York won the turkey shoot
  in 1916.

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Where this junk came from
www.volweb.utk.edu/Schools/York/index.htm picture
of billboard, wife, family , school ,grounds of
school www.grunts.net/legends/alvinyork.html life
significance www.oars.utk.edu/volweb/Schools/York
/life.html timeline events www.users.voicenet.com
birth info on York www.freepages.military.rootsweb
.com congressional medal of honor