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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gomez" data-source="post: 2451915" data-attributes="member: 20204">"The young recruit is silly - 'e     thinks o' suicide.'E's lost 'is gutter-devil; 'e 'asin't     got 'is pride;But day by day they kicks 'im,      which 'elps 'im on a bit,Till 'e finds 'isself one mornin'     with a full an' proper kit.Gettin' clear o' dirtiness, gettin'      done with mess,Gettin' shut o' doin' things     rather-more-or less."-Rudyard Kipling---------------------------Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964) was a United States soldier, famous for his heroism in World War I.York was born in poverty in Pall Mall, Tennessee. His family owned a meager farm and often supplemented their diet via hunting. As a result, young Alvin became an expert marksman in the area woods. York was something of a "nuisance" as a youth, frequently getting into drunken brawls. In 1914 his best friend was killed in a bar fight, prompting York to change his ways. York eventually was drafted into the 82nd Infantry Division in 1917. As a corporal in its 328th Infantry, in the Battle of Meuse River-Argonne Forest on 1918 October 8, he assumed command of his platoon after three other NCOs fell. While he is sometimes described as acting single-handedly, his official citation says he led seven others in a charge on an active machine-gun nest. They killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132, including four officers. (He is said to have explained this feat by saying they had surrounded the enemy.) His chain of command honored this accomplishment by awarding him the Distinguished Service Cross. France, whose forces he was directly aiding and whose territory was involved, added its Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor. Italy and Montenegro, also allies, awarded him their Croce di Guerra and War Medal, respectively. At the time of his heroics, he was in fact only a corporal; his promotion to sergeant was part of the honor that he received for his valor but resulted in his becoming known to the US (and much of the world) as "Sergeant York".On April 18, 1919, York received the highest decoration that the United States awards, the Congressional Medal of Honor.<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/84/York.jpg/180px-York.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

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