Alvin C. York Addresses the 82nd Division

 

I had orders to report to Brigadier General Lindsey, and he said to me, “Well, York, I hear you have captured the whole damned German army.” And I told him I only had 132.

Alvin C. York

 

 

 

The things you find on the internet.  Alvin C. York addresses his old outfit the 82nd Division “All-American” in May of 1942.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BubSMxXBjVQ

 

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Donald R. McClarey

Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
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Wednesday, September 27, AD 2017 9:52am

One of the few war films that made a positive effort to strive for accuracy. It is as relevant today as it was in 1942.

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