Show The Deed ced iI i. I The gr greatest thing accomplished by any pr private ate soldier of all the tho armies of Europe Marshal Foch Foch- thus described the heroism of Sergt Alvin lvin C. C York in the Argonne on October 8 3 1918 Armed with a n Springfield rifle and an automatic revolver he killed 20 Germans captured captured captured cap cap- Hill No and compelled the surrender of of the enemy in including including in- in clu ing a major and three lieutenants lieuten lieuten- ants ints and 35 machine guns He was awarded the Medal of Honor |