The York Patrol: The Real Story of Alvin York and the Unsung Heroes Who Made Him World War I's Most Famous Soldier

New York: William Morrow an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021. First Edition Stated . Hard Back. Fine/Fine. 6 1/4" x 9 . 269 Pages Indexed. Armistice Day, the Allies were pressing into German-held territory in the hopes of ending the war to end all wars. Thirteen men would earn Medals of Honor on October 8. Of this group, one man emerged as the defining American hero of the war: Alvin Cullum York. A poor young farmer from Tennessee, Sergeant York was reported to have killed two dozen German soldiers and captured another 132 of the enemy plus thirty-five machine guns, all before noon. York would become an American legend, celebrated in magazines, books, and a blockbuster biopic starring Gary Cooper. The film, Sergeant York, told of a hell-raiser from backwoods Tennessee who had a come-to-jesus moment, then wrestled with his newfound Christian convictions to become one of the greatest soldiers the U.S. Army had ever known. It was a terrific story-but not the whole story. In this riveting account of heroism and sacrifice, award-winning historian James Carl Nelson unspools, for the first time, the complete story of Alvin York and the events that occurred in the Argonne Forest on that day. While it was York's name that would become known throughout the land, there were sixteen others who fought beside him. They hailed from big cities and small towns across the United States as well as several foreign countries. Here is the complete story.