⚔️📍 Argonne Forest, France1918
Sergeant York — America's Greatest WWI Hero
Tennessee marksman Corporal Alvin York killed 28 German soldiers and captured 132 more almost single-handedly after being separated from his unit during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. York used his experience as a hunting marksman to pick off German soldiers one by one.
York received the Medal of Honor and became the most decorated American soldier of WWI, his story later inspiring the 1941 Gary Cooper film.
Outcome
132 Germans captured; York awarded Medal of Honor