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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Unraveling the myth of Sgt. Alvin York
    sub title: the other sixteen
  name:
    name part: Gregory, James P.
    name part: Jr
    name part: 1995-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: biography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2023
    copyright date: 2023
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xii, 186 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
  abstract: On October 8, 1918, seventeen soldiers from the 82nd Division, American Expeditionary Force, led by acting Sgt. Bernard Early, flanked a German machine gun nest that had inundated their unit with withering fire. In this sneak attack, they successfully surprised and captured more than 80 German soldiers before an unseen machine gun suddenly opened fire and killed six men. Acting Cpl. Alvin York, a member of the patrol, received the credit for taking control of the squad and single-handedly killing 20 Germans, capturing 132 prisoners, and eliminating 35 machine guns, all before leading the men back to Allied lines. For this act of bravery, York not only received the Medal of Honor and was promoted to sergeant, but he also rose to fame and glory. The 1941 movie Sergeant York, starring Gary Cooper, solidified York as a legend and one of the most well-known military figures in American history. In Unraveling the Myth of Sgt. Alvin York, historian James P. Gregory Jr. tells the story of the other sixteen soldiers who took part in the battle, capture and return before fading into relative obscurity in the shadow of Sergeant York. As the tale reached mythological proportions, the other survivors began to speak out, seeking recognition for their parts in the engagement, only to be stymied by improper investigations, cover-ups and media misrepresentations. Here, Gregory recovers the story of these other men and the part they played alongside York while revealing the process of mythmaking in twentieth-century America.
  table of contents: The York Myth -- Origins, the Other Sixteen -- Origins, Company G -- The Original Investigation -- The War College -- Push for Recognition -- The World Is Quick to Forget -- Few Acknowledge It -- Perpetuation -- October 8, 1918.
  note: James P. Gregory Jr.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    name:
      name part: York, Alvin Cullum
      name part: 1887-1964
    topic: In mass media
  subject:
    name:
      name part: United States.
      name part: Army.
      name part: Division, 82nd
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: World War, 1914-1918
    topic: Regimental histories
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
  classification: D545.A63 G74 2023
  classification: 940.4/360922
  related item:
    title info:
      title: C.A. Brannen series
  identifier: 9781648430756
  identifier: 1648430759
  identifier: 9781648430763
  identifier: 2022034430
  record info:
    record content source: TXA/DLC
    record creation date: 220720
    record change date: 20230428190019.6
    record identifier: in00004662985