Show 0 K va M W 21 ul i 1 4 N CM wilta 9 nh mw I 1 A ft e ll 11 WIN 1 va 4 oh the english and the irish and the owlen scuttles Scott les too the and austrilla uns and the airy french gollu the only things that bothered us a year before we vie knew was low ow in ell the yanks tanks d look an wot in ell do the leggy noy nosy new uns just come Il acrobat crosat the seal we elp but wonder low ow in ell their gutsy be an the only thing that bothered us ua in alt all our stagger ln ranks walk wa wot in ell would appen won wen the uns una ad it the yanks my bly word it appended app ened sudden wen the drive ad first farst begun we seen the yanks a gaw balmy low ow they kunf run but the only thing that mothered bothered io us that seen the chase begin was low ow in ell to stop em cm fore they got into berlin they ave no tactics but the bloom ln manual they learned no orders but boray and give em cm call but the only thing that bothered us ua afta a about out them leggy lads was ow in ell to rot got the chow to teed feed their Kame Kamera dg talk of the greeks at they fought like mad till the last va was as dead but alvin C york of tennessee stayed cool to the end though his hair was red stayed mountain cool yet blazed that gray october the eighth as redheads day by JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN LVIN CULLUM YORK corporal in company 0 three ALVIN ak hundred and twenty eighth infantry eighty sec ond end A all 11 american division october 8 1918 in the meuse argonne battle made his name a household word in every american home where there la Is fighting blood what lie ie did Is briefly and concisely this york was one 0 of IG ac americans ordered to put out of action certain german machine guns over a ridge in a I 1 valley they found 30 huns officers and men apparently holding n conference the yanks opened tire fire and the nuns huns surrendered then dozens of hidden machine guns on the farther slope not 30 yards away opened up prisoners and yanks threw chent selves flat six yanks were killed anki three including the sergeant ser crant in command were wounded this left york cad and six nix privates the alx ix iii were vere guarding the prisoners and could not help york directly in front of york lay some of the prisoners so BO the machine gunners had to fire a little high the stream ot of bullets cut off the bublies just above yorks head as clean as would a scythe then york got into action with 17 shots from his rifle he killed 10 16 huns yelling bet between vicen shots surrender 1 come down I 1 then a lieutenant and seven men jumped up and charged him with ith bayonets from a distance of 0 20 yards he killed all eight with ith his pistol when the hun lieutenant fell the machine gunners quit firing they stand yorks shooting york continued to pick off huns A major come came to york from the prisoners and lit in english he said that he would make the machine gunners surrender it if lie he would mould stop shooting york agreed and the gunners abandoned 30 machine guns surrendered and came down york und and the six privates rounded up their prisoners prisoner s picked up the three wounded yanks and started back for the american lines york marched arched in the major in front of him the yanks ran into several other machine gun gull nests from the rear but after york had killed one hurt hun with hs pistol all the others surrendered at the command ot of the major when york reached the american lines his prisoners numbered officers and men when yorks exploit became known every detail was verified lie ile was made a sergeant and was awarded the distinguished service cross and the congressional gress lonal medal of honor when he be arrived in new york recently the city was its ills his since then ills his fellow citizens have paid him lionor honor at every opportunity in washington the house or of representatives rose robe up and cheered him governor roberts roberta went up into the mountains and married him to grace williams who ulio had been waiting ailing for or him fortunes have been offered him film to write for or the press and to go into tile the motion pictures and on oil the stage york Is generally spoken of 0 as tile the greatest hero of the war that Is nonsense te lie he Is also spoken of 0 as hie bravest soldier ot of tho the war nr that Is non nonsense sene too exploit Is tn rilling iu but it to the good american tile the most in thing about it nil all Is tile the mini mail him self Her herease eare some highlights on his individuality lie ile Is a tennessee mountaineer of unmixed english blood ile he lives in a mountain shack built a century ago by his great great great grandfather lie ile Is a blacksmith and farmer and supports ills widowed mother and his hia unmarried brothers and sisters when younger lie he spent some of his time ji a drinkin an a gamblin an a hellin around then lie he joined the church of christ and central union becoming second elder and leading the s singing I 1 n 0 ng the draft found him a conscientious objector torn between patriotism and the belief that to fight and kill was sin ile he compromised by going to camp gordon and frankly stating his position captain danforth succeeded in convincing him from the bible that blessed Is the peacemaker so york went to france with a clear conscience to help make peace ills conscience Is still at ease lie believes lie he wits was fighting tor for a sanctified cause also he Is still sure blessed Is the peacemaker lie he Is thirty two stands a little over six feet find and weighs pounds ue he Is redheaded lie he Is a dead shot with both rifle aud and pistol he Is the rare fighter who does not see red but gets cooler and more efficient as tho the danger grows his features tire are clear cut not rugged lie ile has gray eyes flecked with br brodi the expression of his face la IS one of kindly humor ills his voice la Is pleasant anil and even gentle far so large a man there Is absolute suren jurenes su renes estl of self in ills his steady gaze but stir him to resent Trent ent and ills his eyes harden and contract and into his gentle voice comes it trumpet note of danger ile he Is genuinely religious ue he prayed while he fought and believes that god watched over him in all the honors showered upon him lie he hau never neer lost his balance for one moui tnt lie ile looked everybody in the eye smiled ills his genial smile and kept libi his perspective ile he Is going blick back to his mountain valley at pall mall mail cross roads and take up again the life tor for velch lie he judges himself liest best bitted led conscience and gun guia end and redhead nerve elli cleney bula bi ilaT ce and inin lest self respect some Ai acim im |