Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the AEF. . n entire battalion [105] which was about to counter-attack against the Ameri-cans on Hill 223, in the Argonne section, near Cha-teau-Thierry. Corporal York delivered his prisoners to the nearestbattalion headquarters, which was not his own, andat his own headquarters he made no mention of hispart in the affair. It was only by accident that thestory came to his own commander from an adjacentbattalion. The facts were then verified and for thisaction York received the Distinguished Service Crossand later the Congressional Medal of Hono
Soldiers all; portraits and sketches of the men of the AEF. . n entire battalion [105] which was about to counter-attack against the Ameri-cans on Hill 223, in the Argonne section, near Cha-teau-Thierry. Corporal York delivered his prisoners to the nearestbattalion headquarters, which was not his own, andat his own headquarters he made no mention of hispart in the affair. It was only by accident that thestory came to his own commander from an adjacentbattalion. The facts were then verified and for thisaction York received the Distinguished Service Crossand later the Congressional Medal of Honor. Theartist asked Corporal York if he were , he answered slowly, with his Southern drawl,I was always a kind of a mommers boy. I certify that I personally counted theprisoners reported to the P. C. of the 2ndBattalion, 328th Infantry, by CorporalAlvin C. York, Company G, 328th Infan-try, on October 8, 1918, and found them tobe one hundred and thirty-two in A. Woods, 1st Lieutenant, Assistant Division Inspector. [107] v Chase, tf/9 ..
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