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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.

 

 

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Donald Link
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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