Alvin C. York
Alvin Cullum York (13 Desember 1887 – 2 September 1964), yang juga dikenal sebagai Sersan York, adalah salah satu prajurit Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat yang paling dihargai pada Perang Dunia I.[1] Ia meraih Medal of Honor karena memimpin sebuah serangan terhadap sarang senjata mesin Jerman, merampas 35 senjata mesin, menewaskan sekitar 25 prajurit musuh, dan menangkap 132 pasukan. Tindakan yang membuat York meraih Medal of Honor tersebut terjadi saat Amerika Serikat memimpin Serangan Meuse-Argonne di Prancis, yang bertujuan untuk menerobos garis Hindenburg dan memaksa pasukan Jerman untuk menyerah.
| Alvin C. York | |
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  Sersan Alvin York | |
| Nama lahir | Alvin Cullum York |
| Julukan | "Sersan York" |
| Lahir | 13 Desember 1887 Pall Mall, Tennessee |
| Meninggal | 2 September 1964 (umur 76) Nashville, Tennessee |
| Tempat pemakaman | Wolf River Cemetery, Pall Mall |
| Pengabdian |  Amerika Serikat |
| Dinas/cabang |  Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat |
| Lama dinas | 1917-1919 (Angkatan Darat) 1942-1945 (Angkatan Darat) 1941-1951 (Tennessee State Guard) |
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| Kesatuan | Company G, Resimen Intanteri ke-328, Brigade Infanteri ke-167, Divisi Intanteri ke-82 (Perang Dunia I) |
| Komandan | Resimen ke-7, Tennessee State Guard |
| Perang/pertempuran | Perang Dunia I |
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- ^ Ron Owens, Medal of Honor: Historical Facts and Figures (Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing, 2004), 97–8, available online, accessed September 21, 2010. Five Marines earned the Medal of Honor twice for World War I service, while Lt. Samuel Parker is generally recognized as the most decorated serviceman of that conflict.
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- Birdwell, Michael E. (1999). Celluloid Soldiers: The Warner Bros. Campaign against Nazism. New York, N.Y.: New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-9871-3.
- Capozzola, Christopher (2008). Uncle Sam Wants You: World War I and the Making of the Modern American Citizen. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533549-1.
- Lee, David D. (1985). Sergeant York: An American Hero. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1517-5.
- Perry, John (1997). Sgt. York: His Life, Legend & Legacy. B&H Books. ISBN 0-8054-6074-8.
- Toplin, Robert Brent (1996). History by Hollywood: The Use and Abuse of the American Past. Chicago, Ill.: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-02073-1.
- Wheeler, Richard, ed. (1998). Sergeant York and the Great War. Bulverde, Tex.: Mantle Ministries. ISBN 1-889128-46-5.
- Williams, Gladys. "Alvin C. York". York Institute. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal March 26, 2005. Diakses tanggal August 31, 2010.
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- York, Alvin C.; Skeyhill, Tom (editor) (1928). His Own Life Story and War Diary. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. (dipublikasikan tanggal 1930). Diakses tanggal July 19, 2015.
- Mastriano, Douglas V. (2014). Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813145198. OCLC 858901754.
- Yockelson, Mitchell. Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat at the German Army in World War I. New York: NAL, Caliber, 2016. ISBN 978-0-451-46695-2.
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Alvin York.
- (Inggris) "Alvin C. York". Find a Grave. Diakses tanggal November 7, 2013.
- "Alvin C. York". Hall of Valor. Military Times. Diakses tanggal September 3, 2010.
- "Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park in Tennessee". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 11 August 2010. Diakses tanggal August 31, 2010.
- Jack Kelly (2007). "How Sergeant York Became America's Hero". American Heritage. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2011-01-12. Diakses tanggal September 20, 2010.
- "Mastriano's Sergeant York Discovery Expedition and historic trail". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 11 August 2010. Diakses tanggal August 31, 2010.
- "Sergeant York Patriotic Foundation". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 24 August 2010. Diakses tanggal August 31, 2010.
- "Dr Nolan's Sergeant York Project and battlefield guide". Diakses tanggal August 31, 2010.
- "World War I Selective Service Registration Card: Alvin York". Records of the Selective Service System (World War I). U.S. National Archives. Diakses tanggal August 31, 2010.
- Cowan, Sam K. (1922). "Sergeant York And His People". Funk & Wagnall's Company Project Gutenberg. Diakses tanggal August 31, 2010.
- British Pathé newsreel[pranala nonaktif permanen]
- Medal of Honor Recipients on Film
- Alvin C. York Battle Painting by Frank Schoonover in 1919
