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C York Y o of Tennessee Tennesse 1 Stayed cool coal to the end though Ws his hair t was red c Stayed mountain cool yet blazed that gray October the eighth as Redheads c Day By JOHN DICKINSON DICKINSON SHERMAN LVIN IVIN CULLUM YORK YOUR corporal corporal cor eor- In Company G Three 4 Hundred and Twenty Twenty- Infantry Eighty sec i eighth ond and American All division divi I sion slon October 8 1918 1018 In the Meuse-Argonne Meuse battle made madeI I his name a household word wordIn 1 t In every American home where there Is fighting blood What she he did Is briefly and concisely this York was one of 10 Americans ordered ordered ordered or- or dered to put putout out of action certain German German German Ger- Ger man man machine gUns guns over over a ridge in In a valley they found fount 30 Huns officers and men apparently holding a conference The- The Yanks opened fire are and the Huns surrendered Then dozens of hidden machine guns on the farther slope not 30 yards away opened up Prisoners and Yanks threw themselves them them- them selves flat Six Yank were wert killed and three Including the sergeant In com- com milD were were wounded This left lert York mind nd six privates The six sir privates were guarding the prisoners and could not help York Directly In front of York lay some of the prisoners so the machine gunners had to fire a little high The stream of bullets cut off the bushes Just above e Yorks York's head hend as clean as would a u sc scythe the Then York got Into action With 1 17 i shots from his rifle he killed 16 Huns yelling between shots Surrender I Come down I 1 Then a lieutenant and i seven men jumped up and charged him with 1 th bayonets from a distance of f 20 yards He killed all eight with his pistol When the Hun lieutenant fell the machine gunners quit firing the they couldn't stand Yorks York's shooting York continued to pick off orr Huns A major clime came to York from the prisoners and andIn andin nt In English he said that tie he le would make make the machine gunners surrender if he would stop shooting York agreed and the gunners abandoned 36 machine guns surrendered and came down York and und the sir privates rounded up their prisoners picked up the three wounded Yanks and started back for forthe forthe forthe the American lines York marched t the major in front of him The Yanks run ran into several other machine gun nests from the rear but after York had killed one Hun with his pistol all the others surrendered at the command of ot the major When York reached the American lines his prisoners numbered officers and men When Yorks York's exploit became known en every r verified He was made madea maden n a sergeant and nad was awarded the Distinguished Dis Dis- Service Cross and the Congressional Congressional Con Con- gressional Medal of Honor When he be arrived In New York recently the city was his Since then his Ills fellow citizens have paid him honor at every In Washington the house of at representatives rose up and cheered him Governor Roberts went up Into Inta the mountains and married him to Grace Williams who had hall been waiting for far him Fortunes have been offered him to ta write for the press and to go Into the motion matlon pictures and on the stage York Is generally spoken of as the thc greatest hero bero of the war That Is IS' IS nonsense lIe He Is also spoken of at as the bravest soldier of f the war That Is nonsense too Yorks York's exploit Is thrilling But to the good goad American the most fascinatIng lag Ing ng thing about It all Is the man him self Here are some highlights on hla Individuality He Is a Tennessee mountaineer of unmixed English blood He lIA lives in a 8 mountain shack built a century ago by his his' great grandfather grea t-grea t great t ther He lie Is a blacksmith and farmer and supports his widowed mother and hla his unmarried br brothers and sisters When younger he spent some of his time a drinkin an a gamblin an an anu u hellin a i around round Then he joined th the Chu ch of Christ and Central Union becoming second elder and leading tb the singing The draft found band him a conscientious objector t torn rn between patriotism and the beli belief f that to fight and kill was waa sin He compromised d by going to Camp Gordon and frankly stating his position Captain Danforth succeeded In from the Bible that blessed d Is the peacemaker So York went to France with a 11 clear conscience conscience I to help elp make peace His c conscience Is still sUII at ease He lIe believes he was fighting for a sanctified sanctified sanctified sancti sancti- fied cause Also he be Is still sure Blessed Is the peacemaker lie He Is two thirty-two stands a little mile over six feet and weighs pounds He lie Is redheaded He lie Is a n dead shot with both rifle and aud pistol He lIe Is the r rare re fighter who does not see red but gets COO coo 4 and more efficient as the danger grows His features are clear cut not rug rug- ged He lle has gray eyes eres flecked with brown The expression of his face isone Isone is isone one of kindly humor His voice olce Is pleasant and even gentle for so large a man There is absolute sureness of self in his steady ste gaze But stir nut stir him him to resentment and his eyes harden and contract and Into his gentle voice comes a trumpet note of danger He Is genuinely religious He lie prayed while he lie fought and believes that God watched over him In all the honors showered upon him he has never lost his balance for tor one mome moment f. f He looked everybody In the eye smiled his genial smile and ond kept bl his perspective lie He Is going back to his mountain valley at Pull Mall Mull Cross Roads and ond i take up again the life lite for which b he Judges himself best fitted Conscience and gun and redhead nerve efficiency balance and ancl modest self Some American I |