"Over There! Part 5: American Rifleman Alvin C. York." The Sgt. Alvin York Story

[@kevinjohnson-lf3kj]

John Paster who told the Sgt. York story...Legend in SOG Vietnam..Iron River Wisconsin resident..DAV Chapter 28 Department of Wisconsin member..We salute you .

[@AMX86]

An American man called to duty, doing his job well and saving his fellow soldiers. That is the American way.

[@notagovslave5614]

Sadly that appears to be changing.

[@wadeunderhile7977]

Visited his hometown and met his son, Alvin York is a true American hero

[@h8sjws735]

My great uncle by marriage, my father and step-mother are buried about 20 yds from Alvin..grew up spending my summers in Pall Mall, Tennessee. Aka God's Country

[@GeorgeSemel]

The 1941 movie Sargent York with Gary Cooper is a movie that I would stay up late to watch, it never gets old. As for that action in Oct of 1918, he did his duty as it was understood to be. And became a legend in his own time. We Americans tend to take a lot for granted, it mostly because we are so secure and well so well off in spite of every roadblock are put in place by the government. Plus throw in the fact that guns are very very common in our country, and up till recent times boys would learn to shoot from their fathers, one of the reasons why raising an effective army quickly is really an American thing. When War was declared in 1917 in a very short period of time 2 million Soldiers were in France and therefore that big push that York was a part of that would end the war in a month's time from the action that would see him receive the Medal of Honor.

[@richardbourne6743]

🇬🇧 A very brave and courageous man.

[@noracooper9316]

I have a handwritten letter from Alvin York to my great Uncle from1920 saying he used the Springfield my Uncle gave him.

[@bosse641]

Awesome story.

[@bugvswindshield]

I've seen the movie many times. Gary Cooper...the Rock Hudson, Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Arnold, , Dawne Johnson.. Gary was the first. I own the movie. bought it on VHS...now ..digital lol. Watch it....its Great !!

[@robertsansone1680]

Why didn't someone just ask him what rifle he used? He lived until 1964. Great documentary. Thanks

[@kennethhamby9811]

As a Tennessean, we are tremendously proud of Alvin C York. He actually used an Model of 1917 , Remington made. He gets depicted with the 1903 Springfield often.

[@kennethhamby9811]

You could load 6 rds in the mag, + 1 in the chamber.

[@rubengonzalez3225]

Greatest American hero of WW-1 sgt. York, USArmy, WW-2 Audie Murphy, USArmy

[@jhare18]

Hero.

[@kurts3367]

It’s good the NRA is trying to educate people this is the first thing they need to do

[@kennethgilbertdds7249]

stunning that they found the site where this occurred. excellent.

[@DesGardius-me7gf]

In the draft of 1917, a man from Tennessee Overseas to the trenches he went, from the land of the free Into war he brought two things along, a rifle and his faith Joined the ranks as a private, assigned to 338th There on that day Alvin York entered the fray Saving the day 82nd all the way Into the fires of hell, the Argonne, a hero to be Entered the war from over the sea Intervene, 1918, all the way from Tennessee Hill 223 When his faith has been put to the test, the call to arms he heeds On the eighth of October he went, made a sergeant for his deeds Fearless, leading the raid of the war, machine gun on the hill Charge the enemy taking the prisoners by power of his will There on that day Sergeant York entered the fray Saving the day 82nd all the way Into the fires of hell, the Argonne, a hero to be Entered the war from over the sea Intervene, 1918, all the way from Tennessee Hill 223 What Sergeant York achieved that day Would echo to the U.S.A It's 82nd all the way Death from above, what they now say What Sergeant York achieved that day Echoes from France to the U.S.A It's 82nd all the way Death from above, what they now say Into the fires of hell, the Argonne, a hero to be Entered the war from over the sea Intervene, 1918, all the way from Tennessee Hill 223 Hell, the Argonne, a hero to be Entered the war from over the sea Intervene, 1918, all the way from Tennessee Hill 223 #Sabaton #82ndAllTheWay

[@joshuahagen2961]

Came to the comments section to see if a Sabaton reference was here and was not disappointed 😁

[@grega2362]

The folks in Yorks platoon had some disagreements with this. Not to say that he wasnt impressive and wasnt involved in a lot of actions and probably led them, but he wasnt on his own. His notoriety comes more from 2 officers that needed a hero so that they could be in charge of something that was recognized so they wouldnt get mustered out at the end of the war. Alvin York had complete discretion over the movie. Nothing went in there that he didnt want in there. The others were put in for medals, but they were quashed because of the PR. Decades later they were finally awarded.

[@tomgahagan7095]

Fought to save lives. My favorite part of his legacy. 👍

[@tennesseeridgerunner5992]

As said so many times before, "WELCOME TO TENNESSEE....THE PATRON STATE OF SHOOTIN' STUFF."

[@arborist460]

Shooting guns are bread into us ol country boys

[@georgepierce1871]

And us. Southern california City boy s. Expert marks men Shoot true alway s.

[@paulredinger420]

Your not lying brother!!! I had my mama tit in one hand and a rifle in the other when I was a young un. BUT my dad taught me to respect the weapon and how to use and be safe with it!!! Then I joined the Army in January 1982 and they taught me the opposite.

[@Gutenburg100]

Thats why the US military and reserve are have some of the best marksman if not the best in the world. We grow up learning to shoot (at least most of us) and when called into service many are already marksman. The military just gives us the ammo to make us even better lol.

[@adamhauskins6407]

I wish someone had asked york in the 50s if he had traded his 17 enfield for an 03 springfield in his combat duty in France

[@rubengonzalez3225]

Greatest American hero of world war one

[@dcr6389]

IMHO, York is one of the Tennessee's finest only rivaled by David Crockett

[@alextepe4309]

Fun fact: Gary Cooper used a lugar because the film makers could not get a colt model 1911 to fire blanks.

[@JimmynVegas]

So the latest investigating concludes that York was singled out to take the role of hero, by his direct superiors. There where 17 men with him including a Sergeant in charge who led the mission. It’s in a book review by the WW1 national history museum

[@Donut.79]

Id love to see a piece on Marcelino Serna a Mexican national from El Paso TX who did a greater deed than York but being he was brown and didn't speak good English he was passed on for big medals from America but received high medals from France.

[@hamster5158]

The one dislike is the German

[@matthewblair6763]

That’s a Tennessee boy for ya

[@kiplingwasafurry1108]

Where do you get the footage at 9:10?

[@johnplaid648]

York would have liked the Glock 9mm.

[@GeorgeSemel]

Yeah, he sure would have liked the Glock 17 or 19. More so an M-16 or one of the variants of that rifle. But in 1918 guns were made of steel and wood. The M-1903 Springfield was and is a fine rifle.

[@LuminaryCursorem]

But the 03 springfield does have an aperture sight.

[@TommygunNG]

Probably did a trade of an issued 1917 for a preferred 1903.

[@arlieaustin448]

No he carried the Enfield throughout the war

[@Justiceforall55]

Where to leave out half the story and What’s with the death music

[@walterecklund1502]

You’re in the wrong place. York’s attack took place about 200 meters south of the mismarked “York trail”. Please read Michael Kelly’s book “ Hero on the Western Front” and James Carl Nelson’s book “The York Patrol” They have done archeological forensic studies that prove the correct location of the engagement and it wasn’t where you are standing.

[@chuckokelley2448]

Model 1917 is superior to the 03 Ask any gunsmith

[@arlieaustin448]

I have an 1917 Enfield Eddystone, I have taken Deer out to 400yd, the Elk I shot in Colorado was taken at 450yds, it was dead when it hit the ground! My son got his first deer with that rifle!

[@thomasshoff6512]

Isn’t it true that enfields carry more rounds in a clip than the 1903?

[@secondhandlyon2603]

I know his great nephew.

[@maevethefox5912]

Poor man's good name spoiled by that nightmare SPAAG project...

[@Pointman-yf6or]

Think of the job sgt York could have done on the Germans with an m14. No, no not that pos m16 we were forced to carry in Vietnam. The first or second time it jammed going thru a 20 round magazine, the Germans would have had him.

[@DK-gy7ll]

Thank you for your service. The early version of the M16 you and your buddies carried had not been thoroughly tested and de-bugged prior to issue, and it cost a lot of young men's lives. Eventually the problems were all sorted out and from around 1970-on the M16 was a dependable rifle, but it should never have been deployed like that before it was ready for Prime Time.

[@cd5433]

His wife looks 12

[@commiecrusher]

Does it really matter what rifle he used? The Springfield was a stolen Mauser design anyway, and the Americans were still paying the court-ordered royalties to the Germans for the design until the war....just saying.