On this episode of Our American Stories, Sgt. Alvin York is one of the most celebrated American heroes of World War I. A deeply religious man and self-proclaimed pacifist, York initially sought exemption from military service. But on the battlefields of France, he performed a single act of bravery that made him a national legend. Historian Elliott Drago of the Jack Miller Center shares the remarkable true story of how a Tennessee farm boy became one of the most decorated soldiers in U.S. military history.

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