Alvin C. York achieved international acclaim more than ... the more people would die. “It’s a weird dichotomy. He’s perceived as this pacifist who didn’t want to fight the first time ...

Sergeant Alvin C. York was born in the valley in the late 1800s, working as a farmer and blacksmith before being drafted for World War I in 1917. He was an objector as part of the Church of Christ ...