Sergeant York "In the Army Now"
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Alvin York is mustered into the U. S. Army and is singled out because of his conscientious objection status for special observation. However his markmenship and devotion to duty gain him high marks with some of his surperiors. He also makes several good friends. From the 1941 Warner Brothers Howard Hanks film about the life of Alvin C York, America's most decorated soldier of WWI. Read more about Alvin C York here: www.sgtyork.org/index_legacy.html
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The way his buddies care enough about him to explain the subway somehow makes me emotional lol. They treated him equally
That's really just military life. You've got nothing but time, so you talk and learn, explain and listen.
It's why you'll hear veterans call each other brothers and sisters. Yeah a few jackasses but overall we just learn about each other.
But they were not equal to him. York is practically American mythology. The prospect of facing Tennessee with its dander up should terrify any mere mortal.
I gave you all likes.
Same here.
@@ashcarrier6606...YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT THAT- THE DEFINITION OF A "HERO" IS AN ORDINARY PERSON WHO DOES EXTRAORDINARY THINGS-(!)
As a retired vet myself, Alvin C York is more than an example of a Soldier should, he is an example of what a Man should be. Extraordinary human being
I totally agree! I just wish many of the young military today were this way. I was Air Force and even when I was serving 1989-2010, you had a lot of spoiled complainers. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan didn’t change many of them unless they deployed to real places with the Army and Marines outside the rear.
He died a poor man the IRS screwed him over
@@jondstewart I was also USAF and retired in 1994. Saw many spoiled airmen. I was K-9 and humped many a perimeter. From the hot and humid jungle washouts in the Philippines to the freezing ones in S Korea. Best times were the hard times.
@@roberthodges3646...I UNDERSTAND THAT GREG BOYINGTON AND ABBOTT AND COSTELLO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE IRS TOO.
I have the privilege of getting to grow up next door to Sammy Ed York,( RIP)
Sgt. Alvin C. York’s great, great grandson. He was the father of my best friends ( to this very day), his wife, Margret,( RIP) his children, Carol, Sue, and her daughter, Sherri, Brenda ,( RIP) her first born son, Marcus ( RIP), Virginia ( Ginny ), ( RIP), her first born son, Christopher, ( RIP) , Joseph,
And Linda and her daughter, Jessica. Of Mr. Sam York’s five beautiful daughters only two are still with me. I cherish Sue and Linda as well as their daughters Sherri and Linda. I cherish all the life lessons of compassion and love taught to me from Mr. York. Lessons I feel sure he learned from his great grandfather, Alvin C. York. I am blessed to have really known him.
- Terri Kendall - Nashville, TN. 2014
I had a great uncle who served in World War I as a medic because he was a conscientious objector and didn’t want to kill anyone. During the last month of the war his unit was engaged in a fierce fire fight with many wounded on both sides. He went into direct fighting to rescue soldiers who were wounded. On one of his trips he picked up a German and a US soldier. He went one more time again picking up a German and American soldier and was machine gunned through his legs. He managed to drag them both to safety and started back out. He managed to get two more soldiers one German one American. He dragged them clear and started out one more time. He was able to get another pair of soldiers but was again raked by machine gun fire. Upon seeing this the German commander ordered his troops to cease firing. My great uncle made it back and collapsed. The Germans backed off and withdrew. When the German commander finally surrendered he said that he would not allow someone so brave to be killed. My great uncle Charles Doughty was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his service. On that day 5 other medics were killed. Unfortunately Charles Doughty was recovering in a field hospital and was mustard gassed and could not run away. He passed in 1930 from organ failure due to the effects of the gas. Our family is extremely proud of him. He did his job at a time when he could have refused to serve. He served the best way he thought would help.
If he was not in the US Army, he might have been arrested by Wilson's secret police. One CO was stripped to the waist and painted yellow. There were the national Slackers Raids one day. 3,000 arrested. 3 draft dodgers. D Day, 2 US Army medics did the same in a church. Germans brought their wounded there.
WWI Desmond Doss......and they wanted to Court Martial him.
Pretty sure that was the traditional German honour code that says you shouldn't intentionally kill someone who's either very lucky or very brave.
@@jason60chev He was WWII. And yes, they wanted to court martial him.
Rightly proud of a man like him!
This was made in a different Hollywood. That one will never be again.
I am not much schooled on the difference between golden age hollywood and now, could you break it down for me?
@@nachoooooo800 - I’ll help. You see, when Hollywood was good he was a boy. Now that he’s very old and bitter and broken my life’s experiences the rosy glow of nostalgia has muddled what’s left of his dementia addled brain into thinking everything was better when he was a boy when in reality the world has just moved on from him and changed the way the world has moved on and changed since the beginning of time, but even with the moving on and change the world still makes the exact same shit over and over and over again and there are always old people complaining that whatever is happening now is different from “the good ole days”. I hope this helps.
@@BomChickyBowWowCommie feck.
@BomChickyBowWow
America is slowly moving to a Marxist dictatorship. It Will then have plenty of Gulag slave labour. camps to deal with the deplorables.
@@BomChickyBowWow Or, and hear me out here, Hollywood used to make Masterpieces that are still enjoyed and analysed 90 years later; and now it makes forgettable garbage full of ham-fisted ideological propaganda, that no-one cares about 5 years after release.
so movies are timeless and this one is timeless. thumbs up if i'm right
I always wipe the
If that buffalo Bill.
I give 5 "attaboys" for that one.
I reckon ye be right Matthew! I'm a-tellin ye.
But Drill Sergeant said to keep my thumb down 😜
“The barrel is full of grease”
“Won’t that make the bullet go faster”
Lmao
NO-!!!
I dont live far from where he and Gracie his wife is buried. I visited his home which is a bout 25 minutes away from my home. A true hero
Country boy all the way. He knew how to use a rifle and care for it. I miss old movies like this.
So do i !
@@davidknight114 ...WHAT(?)
@@daleburrell6273 Cleanin' it's part o' usin' it.
@@harrymills2770 ...YOU BETCHER LIFESAVERS!!!
A great Movie. It wasn't just 'Country Boys' who had well cared for rifles.
I was a Coastal City 'Surfer Dude' into the Army straight out of school and my Rifle/s were kept spotless. Never had a stoppage in 15 years.
My great grandfather captured a German flag on a trench raid in 1918. I barely remember him as a small child. He was crippled from multiple wounds from German machine gun. I still have the flag he captured 100 years ago.
Eric Snow Do you have any pictures?
upload it to imgur and post the link here
Eric Snow checking now
The proudest moment. Pl preserve it.
that flag should be put into a museum
My mother told me years ago that this movie inspired my uncle Rennie to join the Marines in 1942. He was later killed at Guadalcanal.
Rest in peace
sad, at least he died for peace
God bless him. Guadalcanal was key to defeating the Japanese
That’s the way the system works. People think liberal Hollywood is always knocking the military when in reality Hollywood has sent more boys to war than the draft could ever dream of.
SEMPER FIDELIS
How poor was Sgt York? He loved the Army because he said they gave him, new clothes, new gun, 3 meals per day, and his own bed--which he never had as a civilian...ouch
He was poor the area he was from was full of simple folk that was lucky to have any schooling whatsoever. You ever get a chance find the movie and watch it some time.
@Elron Alvin York said he had to share the bed with all his siblings and that Army food was better than his mom's cooking. and yes I did see the movie.
My dad joined the army in June of 1941 for probably the same reason.
Times have changed. It was not uncommon for what was then called the lower classes (ie the low paid) to have only the bare minimum to survive. There are many stories of enlisted soldiers in WW1 writing home to say they had their own bed, new clothes and three meals a day.
@@peterhuxley8181 That was before FDR and the American Dream.
Sergeant York must be one of the finest films of all time.
They really missed a trick w/ the digging scene. Lots of the U.S. farm boys drafted in WW1 *loved* how easy life was in the Army; getting to sleep in, the easy work, the plentiful chow, etc...
What I picked up in the digging scene ...
The recruits were given shovels to dig the trench (and not foxholes). If this was an actual training exercise in fight position placement, they would have issued them the very tools they would have expected to have access to (the much shorter entrenching tools).
Maybe this was all in play, but what this scene indicates is that the troops in this case were still assisting with the base construction and the trench they are digging is for water or sewer lines.
And got paid. Also got a choice of schooling.
The highlight was a new rifle, new clothes and new shoes.
@@jai6491 not back then. They had to protest for that in 1932. Look up the Bonus Army in Washington D.C. NPR has a good article on it.
@@alexs5744 an heck... everbody fergitin' bout all of the free ammo. Holy moly, gettin' paid ta SHOOT..!!!ll
Sgt York was the Grand Marshall for the 1949 Veterans Day parade in Knoxville, TN. My dad, at that time a Marine Corps Captain, was the military liason for the event, got to know Alvin well, and rode with him in the parade.
Very cool!
Awesome ! He's big hero of mine !
Nice family memory about your father.
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Great war movie well acted. York himself was on location for a few days. He personally requested Cooper play him. When he was asked by a crew member how many Germans he had killed he became so upset he got sick. But just to show how truly great he was, he personally asked that the crew member not be fired. He kept his job.
York didn't wanna kill anyone, but if he had to he was gonna do it to the best of his abilities, if I remember the story right.
@Harikus Yes he was. From my home state of Tennessee. My father was named after him.
I remember about 10 years ago, seeing the 4th Rambo, and watching the scene at the end with the .50 caliber machine, and asking a friend of mine, who'd just come back from Iraq, if the damage that thing did was legit. He nodded once.
Mr. York also insisted that the woman who played his future wife “Gracie” not be a smoker or drinker. The studio thought he meant “on screen”, but he meant in real life. They eventually hired a 16 year old girl to play Gracie, who did not smoke or drink off stage. It was almost a deal breaker as the studio wanted to use one of their new up and coming starlets. They knew this was going to be a hit movie.
You don't ask someone who has been to combat how many people he has killed. The only person who has the right to ask him or even reminisce about it is men in his platoon. The phony ones talk about it all day long.
York tried to enlist at the beginning of WWII, denied, 54 years old...By God what a soldier.
Finley Lyons The Army should've put him to work training the troops in marksmanship. He would've been a good teacher.
Just put him in charge of training for the marskmen school. Could've picked off the banzia charges
Are you meaning September 39 or Americas December 41
A horse with no name America entered the war December 8th, officially. Prior to that it was strictly a European conflict.
@@troysemrau3654
My country is not in Europe and we entered the war in 39.
Also don't forget after Pearl Harbour Britain declared war on Japan and Germany declared war on America before America's officialdom brought America into the conflict.
Alvin York was a pacifist by heart and his upbringing but when he was exposed to the brutal reality of the terrible conflict that WW 1 was he performed dutifully as a soldier and a man. He is an American patriot and war hero indeed!!🇺🇸
He wasn't a Pacifist. The Army branded him one. When he was asked. As he was raised to not take a human life.. But did not understand the evils that other people could do.. As he was never exposed to it. Then he seen the brutality of War...
Why Private Desmond Doss was a Pacifist..
He was not a pacifist by upbringing
G gggg 😢😢 w 😢
@@WizzRacing was the
The US was selling military munitions for gold to UK and making bucks! The US only entered, and extended WW1 a year, because the new federal reserve/international banking cartel wanted to get their claws into Germany and sit at the table to feast at the table of reparations...
Evil bunch!
Absolutely, one of the BEST war movies ever made. It ranks right up there with 'Casablanca' as my favorite movies of all time.
To Hell and Back played down some of the actual events. Audie Murphy was a little badass soldier.
@@jozatexan1964 The real thing too.
Casablanca is my favorite one!
Throw in Sahara with Bogart.
My grandfather, who was an experienced woodsman of Louisiana many years ago, named his second oldest son after Alvin York. He did so after seeing the film at a "picture show". I was lucky enough to meet and work with one of York's close relatives who received a yearly royalty check from the movie. Alvin York was a fine example of a great American, a true legend from the woods of Appalachian country.
Robert Walters my great great uncle, Morris Iannelli, saved his squad from a German machine gun nest in ww2. It’s awesome to hear everyone’s families war stories. We had street kids from Chicago, New York, and Boston, and farm boys from Alabama, Virginia, and Tennessee. All fighting for the common good.
People in pal mal or Jamestown ten don’t consider the area part of the Appalachian . We are on what is called the Cumberland plague. I was born and raised there and went to school with Mr. York’s great grand daughter. I watched this movie while in JROTC it still gets to me after almost 30years.
@@BrokenBlade55 This movie gets to me also ! He's mother praying over him 🙏 as he struggles threw things ! My people from the Mountains also!
Reminds me of Dad telling a similar story to what you just saw. Dad entered the US Army in 1947. While on the range in Ft. Knox, Dad scored expert marksman on the .45, M-1 Carbine, and the Thompson. On one of the trips to the range, Dad drew some attention with his marksmanship on the M-1. As the rest of his unit was finishing target practice, Dad found himself being handed extra clips of ammo by his platoon leader, while the rest of his unit watched. He also caught the eye of his company commander.
My dad told me that after about two days, they finally asked him if he was shooting at the MARKER!
"Yes sir"...
Actually Alvin wasn’t technically a pacifist. He was a drinker and fighter until he found religion. It was against his religious beliefs to kill but his Pastor explained what he was doing was okay. Read the biography on York and you will understand his beliefs
My dad was a Marine in Vietnam and Dallas pd until 6 months before i was Born ithink could after. But cause I was Handicapped He join the Army, didnt have time to wait for a letter from Marine Corps Commandant. H e got to Basic First day of the range, He qualfy with every weapon he has too for the Engineers. sspends the rest of the time in the office with DSs trading war stories from Vietnam.
@@ericthom726
Watch the movie, it explains it fairly well also!
Same thing happened to me the day we were firing the M203 grenade launcher. There was this vehicle down range and I popped 2 or three rounds right through the window. The Cadre gave all the extra rounds to fire off and mist of those went right through the window. It just came natural fir some reason. Once I got the right angle/trajectory I just kept nailing it.
a film that deserves all the attention that it can get
True
Yup 👍
Showed it every year when I taught history to high school kids. Great movie.
I remember this movie and and although this movie has been re-painted a few times this one is the best
Awesome flick!
I've always appreciated how the Gunny immediately changes demeanor when he sees what York can do.
My great grandfather fought with Teddy Roosevelt in Cuba.Then 2 generation's went by they were unable to serve, then I was honored to have served in Desert Storm.
Thank you for your service. My son did 2 tours in Iraq. Proud of both of you.
Thank you for picking up the family tradition, from a Vietnam vet
@@victorrodriguez4470 my stepfather did 2 tours in nam
Thank you for your service!
God bless you for your service.
That was one of the greatest black and white war movies of all time 👍👍
Followed by The Longest Day. 😉
@Big Bill O'Reilly ??
Im also a big fan of Stalag 17
Don Braden Yes. Yes.
Don Braden along with 12 angry men and to kill a mockingbird
"Its full of grease"
"Wont that make the bullet come out faster?" Lol
Yeah just ask the guy who fired an 03 with a barrel full of grease. Damn thing blew up on the idiot.
Thats a Curley Howard moment right there. 😂
greese helps in almost every situation, exept for that one i guess
Funny Pusher complained about the grease when the gun was first issued & the seargent told him to clean it & keep it clean
@@raseli4066 THE TOLERANCES ARE EXTREMELY CLOSE WITH FIREARMS- EVEN GETTING WATER IN THE ACTION AND BARREL OF A FIREARM IS DANGEROUS!!!
...IT MUST HAVE BEEN AWFUL WITH ALL THAT MUD IN THE TRENCHES DURING WW1-!!!
Alvin York’s father is Uriah York, a brother to my GGGgrandmother Martha York Johnson. Alvin was her nephew.
I like the way his eyes light up when gets ammo
Shot a friends 30-06.
My eyes would light up too.
Shooting a new gun is fun, and showing off your skills to a crowd is fun too
My dad shared this movie with me a long time ago. Brings back good memories of my dad
I love Sgt. York. Boot camp is where you learn simple can be smarter than you would ever give credit to. I also love how understanding "a word here or there" is how listening to any New Yorker is. This movie
Ok, but the Army does not do ‘boot camp’. Remember. Otherwise, it’s twenty pushups.
extra ✝️ on weekends, Sir agent can fake the cost
Listen to Sabaton they wrote a song about York all their songs are about war great history lessons in their music.
Great movie, I just re-watched it on TCM. I am glad that Gary Cooper won an Oscar for his role in it.
I am pretty certain that Alvin York's son worked in the pits for many years on Viale Range during the National Matches at Camp Perry. Met him several times...a gentle giant of a man.
some of the bravest men where the objectors . quakers , methodists etc . they worked as stretcher bearers medics etc . going in and out of no mans land , no gun just the will to help others . as a vet of 19 years i have nothing but respect . rip all .
The bravest men are the ones who refuse to fight or aid the ones who do.
@@MrChiangching the bracelet men are the ones willing to die for their beliefs, and yet do it without compromising their beliefs by grabbing a rifle. It takes more courage to help a wounded comrade than to kill the enemy
@@joshuasitzema9920 They compromise their beliefs by aiding the killers, what if they gave a war and nobody came?
A list of conscientious objectors would include Quakers, Mennonites, Amish, Seventh-day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses. Methodists are not known as having a specific creed opposing fighting or military service. There has not been stretcher bearers nor a 'no man's land' since the first world war. A vet of 19 years? Really? Where are you phonies coming from? Gad, at least get your facts straight and try to learn the lingo. Better yet run down to your local recruiter and volunteer. Why would you not at least indicate the branch of service? That is the most common thing for a real veteran to state. 19 years? Exactly 19 years or maybe 19 1/2 years? Why not just hang in there for another six months and take your retirement?
@@MrChiangching -- Oh sure, like if everyone in your country refuses to fight then no other country would ever attack you. Yeah and you are going to Carthage on vacation next year. Oh wait, those nasty Romans burned it to the frigging ground. Refusing to fight is not bravery. It is cowardice.
What an awsome film.
Alvin York then later Audie Murphy and those that followed. My father served in WWII (Pearl Harbor survivor) Jan. 1941-Jan 1971). Two brothers served Army and Marines (both in Vietnem) I was the youngest served from 83-87 (Air Force). Here's to all that served.
Makes me sad when it ended, I wont see them again. All these gents have long gone.
I find it absolutely fascinating that both York and Desmond Doss were both conscientious objectors yet both of them are among the highest decorated soldiers in US military history period not to mention both of them got their own motion picture.
Anyone else agree?
Except Doss never took a life; York did, and had to live with it. I think his medal was harder to bear.
They both did it their way
Yes I do but they did it in a different way.
There were many other men who served in both wars that were not conscientious objectors that won the CMH who were also great men doing their duty. ie. John Basilone USMC killed over 200 Japanese soldiers in Guadel Canal in one night of battle. He was awarded the CMH for bravery. He had a chance to be discharged after his Bond tour, but chose to stay in and train recruits. He died on Iwo Jima. have you ever heard of Gen Jimmy Doolittle, Eugene Fluckey or Audie Murphy? All great men who did incredible feats in WW2 who won the CMH.
Alvin York was a true hero. He was quoted in a well respected magazine. When asked how he alone captured many enemy soldiers ( I forget the exact number, believed to be almost two dozen), he replied, " I surrounded them." What an amazing attitude !
138 head.
I'm related to Sgt. York through my mother's side of the family. It's so cool to be related to an American hero that risked his life for the freedom of others.
Ok George Washington
Springfield 03’s...New in crates...consecutive serial numbers...
In my mind I can smell the cosmoline! *sigh*
Wasn’t York actually issued an 1917 Enfield?
If you notice, the 1903 he uses in the range scene has the very early Mauser style sight on it , wondering how it ended up in filming seeing as they were almost all transitioned to the flip peep sight standard
@@offdeadeye88 i thought it was the later Krag style rear sight which was used on the early rod bayonet 1903s
VZthey are accurate
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VZ_ 342 takeover to-get that stuff out of the'barrellotsofhoppees)
War: is in Europe
The bois: digging for advanced flank maneuver
War was in Europe and fighting the Germans. The Germans did not start that war. It started when Austria declared war on Serbia and thne Russia declared war on Austria.
that drill instructor is unusually suave, patient and forgiving, lol
Sergeant
sergeant...they didnt have drill sergeants or DIs back then
Didn't I read in War Cry that range instructors were nice and decent to recruits so no extra pressure would be put on them when learning how to fire?
Hollywood
you are dreaming,you'll never see the day they lock up the president,there's too many already in line for that,and they're all demons,and you voted for that scum,if the usmc backs him,i back him good day unc
Why first tour in vietnam I was in a mash hospital hospital I was given a CO for my section. I put him in my minor surgery to keep it clean and stocked. He turned out to be a great medic. We discussed the war on many occasions and he told me he was against It but loved his country. Did a great job everyday. He told me after Nam he was going back to protesting. A year or so later Life magazine did a big spread about two gatherings in Oregon,one pro-war and one Anti-war. There was two pages opposite each other with an old VFW Gentleman and the other with a long haired and bearded protester. Damn if it wasn’t that medic! He served honorably and returned to the protest. I have great respect for him and his service.
I REALLY COMMISERATE WITH YOU VIETNAM VETERANS- I'LL BE GODDAMED IF I CAN LOOK YOU PEOPLE IN THE EYE AND SAY THAT WHAT YOU DID WAS WORTH IT!!! YOU GUYS WERE SHOOTING AT THE WRONG PEOPLE: THE REAL ENEMY WAS RIGHT HERE IN THIS COUNTRY!!!
I CAN TELL YOU THIS MUCH: THE DEMOCRATS ARE SURE AS HELL NOT YOUR FRIENDS- AND NEITHER IS THE MAINSTREAM NEWS MEDIA!!! AND I CAN TRUTHFULLY SAY THE SAME THING TO THE PRESENT DAY SERVICEMEN!!!
I'M BASING THAT CONCLUSION ON WHAT I HAVE SEEN WITH MY OWN EYES!!!
Everyone in during Vietnam were suckers. Including me. My father was CIA and in Vietnam. He told me all about what that was was about. Money!!
@@daleburrell6273 you do realize the termmainstream media was coined to stop the free press. Parts of news have always been false but we need a fre press. So you are for shooting your fellow citizens? You do realize it was a Rep. president who started the Vietnam War? I was USAF !972-78.
@@charlesfoutch1132 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT- DO YOU?!
@@michaelwhisman7623 NO, IT WAS ABOUT TREASON-!!!
Sergeant York is still my favorite movie of all time it was just a great portrayal of a great American hero
my too
"I ain't much good at this here praktyzing, sergeant." "I can't see how I could miss that whole gret big target". "That ain't no rookie that's Buffalo Bill". Cooper was at this best in this role IMHO.
this here rifle-gun
The only movie he might have done better is Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.
I thought he did really well in Pride of the Yankee's
Gary Cooper was great in any role.
@@63DW89A This is the only correct answer.
This was a great old movie.
I am from rural kentucky, and i have to very good friends who are 1st cousins , their fathers are both living and they are brothers. Names are Dewaine and Dave York( my buddies), and their kin is from Harlan and Perry county Kentucky, they are 2nd or 3rd cousins to sgt. Alvin York, very proud of i t also, as well they should be.
Let us not forget that Alvin York was a Tennessee boy, born and raised. Not that we have anything against our Kentucky cousins. :-) Tennessee is known for its heroes and those that stood tall for GOD and country. Now if we just can keep them dang Yankees out of our state.
@@wilhard45 amen brother, and the liberals
Yes! Another grandson of Sgt. York’s is Sammy Ed York. He and his wife Margret moved from Burkesville KY, to Nashville,TN. and raised their five daughters next door to me. We are still friends/ family to this very day. ❤️ What a magnificent family.
And what a small world we do live in. - Terri Kendall- Nashville,TN- ❤️
My dad who was 14 at the time was sitting in the theater with his father watching this movie when they stopped the film and asked all of the carriers of the local newspaper to report to the office. They were putting out a special edition to announce that Pearl Harbor had been attacked.
Wow!
What state did he live in, then? City or small town?
That's pretty neat. That would be a great scene in a movie about Pearl harbor.
It would surprise movie goers even more than I was just reading it.
Everybody remembers where they were when they heard "The Momentous News."
I remember, I was having a bath when I heard about 9/11.
For my dad, it was the Kennedy assassination.
For your dad, it was Pearl harbour.
Why do our minds remember tragic news with photographic detail?
@@sameerthakur720 Probably because of the high emotional content of the news or event.
For people who have never seen this film before try to get to see the full movie, You are in for a treat. One of the best films you will ever see.
I'm actually from the area Sgt York is. Have been to his home many times, watched the WWI reenactment this past November 2018 there. We hold our family reunion every July across the road from his home at the Gristmill. I live a few miles from his home, but within walking distance of the Cordell Hull birthplace and museum, another important man of that era. If anyone ever stops by the York homeplace make sure to visit the Forbus General store up the road apiece and get some homemade fudge and play a hand of PIG with the locals. We're pretty friendly folk up here in the sticks.
Been there. Great place.
@wavygr I'm about 1.5 hours away. maybe 1.25 on a good day, I use to go to night school in Nashville so I know exactly how far and how long it takes on average.
@wavygr you better commandeer a car, be more like a week if you were walking
@wavygr from my house to my school next to the armory in Nashville was 120 miles exactly... and when I got on I40 it didn't take me long, I go at a pretty good pace
I'm a non-native Texan, if I come up for a visit, I promise I'll bring the beer.
In my opinion, that was one of the greatest movies ever made. I wish I could have seen it before it was cut and kept on the cutting room floor.
World War II had Audie Murphy. World War I had Alvin York. There always those that came along and went far beyond the call of duty.
In the 1960s we had a theater back home that showed old movies so I got to see this one on the big screen among others. Gary Cooper had been a well known actor for 15 years but this movie made him a superstar.
Vietnam had Roy Benavides
@@Punch_Rockgroin We will always have heroes that go far beyond the call of duty or what is expected of them. Too bad it took all those years for Roy to get his well deserved medals.
One of the greatest movies of all time. A wild man being converted to serve the Lord, and his country. Very powerful.
@copsrbetter thenblm A hell-raiser.
Alvin York, a true American hero of the highest esteem. May we all be as simple, but profound.
It wouldn't be Memorial Day without watching Alvin York.
punda milia or Veteran's Day..
Sgt. York was always one of my all time favorite movies as a kid. Especially being a kid born in the old south (1957 to be exact). Anytime I saw a movie based on true stories like this one, especially when it involved any story about a war hero born back in the boonies or from some tiny town hardly anyone had ever heard of it made me kind of proud of being from no place special out in the country. As a 9 or 10 year old I was given a semi automatic .22 caliber rifle for my birthday. I used to walk about a half mile beside a 2 lane highway to a little grocery store to buy a box of 50 rounds of . 22 ammo for 28 cents a box them home, grab my rifle and be gone for the day out to the 5 or 6 square miles of woods creeks and pastures that were my " playground" and were I taught myself to shoot very well out to about 100 yards or so by raising and lowering the rear sight and finding old bottles and cans near the creeks. Could you imagine the hell someone would catch nowadays by putting a rifle in a 10 year old's hands, much less selling them ammo? Jeez, folks would call the state police, the ATF and probably a friggin SWAT team. Things were a bit different out in the middle of nowhere, Mississippi in the mid 60s. Wouldnt swap em for nothin.
I did the same, in Arkansas.
From Michigan here. My dad bought me my first gun at 8 years old. A 410 single shot shotgun from Kmart. Like you said, giving a kid a gun. We would hunt in the upper, lower U.P. and in the lower, upper U.P. . rabbit's, squirrel and other small game. My dad had an old double barrel shotgun he had as a young man, given to him by his dad. I'm 60 now and still have it. I have all my guns the 410 for 52 years and my others over 40 years. They have never been used in anger. But i will if need be. When you own a gun or guns it's a great responsibility. I've taught my son the same. Guns do not kill people, people kill other people. Lay a gun on a table and tell it to kill somebody. Nope it won't happen. Law abiding people do not use guns improperly. Only criminals use guns improperly. Criminals do not care to abide by laws. It's about control and that's why the government wants them. They will never get mine. Can you imagine how the Russians, Chinese and any other government that hates the U.S. would jump for joy once we let them have our guns. You can have all the ships, planes and tanks you want but the world knows the citizens of the United States have a right to bear arms and we own millions of em'. Yamato said it best, " try to invade the u.s. and you will find a gun behind every blade of grass. You think that idiot Biden is going to protect you and this country? Ha! He can't find balls because he has none. We are a free people because we have a right to own firearms not because we don't. why did the founding fathers put it so high on the list? Because of whats going on right now. If you dont want to own a gun fine. But I'll keep mine. Can you imagine how things might have been different if Sgt.York did not grow up with a gun? Sadly history will repeat itself sooner or later. I have an idea. Why don't you ask the 6 million plus Jew, poles, and others that were killed in WW2 how they feel. Oh wait you can't because they are dead.
Not to mean you sir. Sorry about the rant. I love the movie as well. Had to read my reply. Sounded like i was scolding you. On the contrary. I agree with you.
In Australia we don't even encourage our children to play with toy guns, got more than a few nasty glances from concerned parents
@@tomlee432 Hey there Mr
Lee. My first 2 guns were my semi auto 22 and a .410 double barrel side by side shotgun my mom gave me for Christmas when I was 16. I used it mostly for shooting skeet at a city gun club. I turned over my 22 and most of the rest of my guns for safe keeping to my son recently but made sure he knew theyre not really HIS til Im gone. Ive held on to every one of my guns throughout my life. Personally no matter how bad my financial situation might become Id never sell my guns. I told my son the same thing...NEVER sell ANY of my guns. Id sell a kidney or half my liver if I could before letting go of my firearms.
All of my guns are primarily hunting type firearms and not stuff like AK 47s or AR 15s which I wouldnt mind owning but then like any other old school country boy I aint never ever needed a 30 round clip to hit whatever I was aiming at. I got nothing against so called assault rifles or folks that own them but theyre really getting an awfully bad rep these last few years because the wrong kind of people are getting their hands on em. Long life and peace to you fellow country boy. Yall take care. DRB
P.S. My son could disassemble, clean, and reassemble my 20 ga. my 12 ga. and my .357 magnum when he was 10 years old. I bought him his first gun of his own, a used Mossberg 12 ga. pump for his 13th birthday 21 years ago that he still owns today. My grandbabies love shooting sports too and also know how to safely shoot and maintain our firearms too. They'll never meet someone whose got a bigger attitude towards gun safety and ownership than their daddy's dad. My heirlooms will always be well taken care of and used correctly whether for hunting, shooting sports or protecting their family and home. Amen.
this makes me feel proud of a owner for a beautiful 1903 Springfield an American Legend
there are several discrepancies in the movie with regards to sgt. york's weapons. true in basic training he used the '03 springfield but in france he was issued the 1917 enfield. he later stated he preferred the '03 springfield over the enfield. also, when he killed the 6 germans with the luger, he actually used the army .45, which he fired left handed.
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Doughboy1917 yeah a real exact american copy of a German mauser rifle
The springfield was mostly used by the marines
As a high school cadet, we trained on M1903A3s. The M1903 was heavy for a teenager, but it was good rifle.
I saw this movie for the first time when I was about 10 years old.I was mesmerized,I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen.One of my favorites of all time to this day.
I recall Army Basic training and shooting the M16 for the first time. I wish I had referred to the weapon in the proper nomenclature, "this here rifle-gun." Gary Cooper was brilliant in this film and it is still an eminently watchable classic. The battle scenes are quite impressive as well, very epic in scale.
This is my rifle. This is my gun. One is for fightin and one is for fun!
He was from here in TN. Me and my wife back around 1995 got to see his uniform and medals and such in a traveling museum of sorts at the local mall.
I’m glad I have this on CD unopened
I like how his face lights up when the instructor hands him the clip.
Hardly see movie anymore where God has the lead role ,good stuff!
3emergency that’s not god, it’s Gary Cooper.
But Cooper conveys York's fear of Our Creator.... yes that's Cooper, but York and Cooper both had convictions that most today wouldn't have a clue about. It wasn't just Desmond Doss and York.... I've seen COs jump in to save and treat Brothers in Arms when other armed men didn't dare to even raise their heads...
COs flying helicopters into LZs so hot that even the insects had better sense than to be there.... just to grab the wounded and dust them out to safer places and medical treatment....
Cared for plenty of individuals breathing their lasts and God was there with them too.....
Glad we've got mental giants to point out Cooper..... see if you can ID him in THE FOUNTAINHEAD..... it was the role that plagued him most..... doubt you'd glean much from that film and sense you might be too shallow to read it cover to cover.....once.
I think your mommy's calling for you....
Would recommend checking out hacksaw ridge if you haven’t already
@@killaben85 absolutely/ for adults only
@@scottgilbraith2534 Same thing really
just went to sgt yorks grave yesterday and general store , gave him a salute of gratitude, read the bottom of his tribute , ( I received assurance from God that our side was in the right ,and that I should go and fight ,and that I would come home again safe and sound , and I never once doubted it even in the Argonne .) when I was in the army I remember the best soldiers weren't city boys ,us country boys were raised with rifles
@John Molloy been to York's grave twice, 1st in the 90's when the store was open & met Andrew Jackson York, his 72yr old son! Last yr went to Europe & Chatel Chehery wher they have now a 'York circuit!'- shud check out my photo albums on my FB pg!
Where is his grave located? Love the history and will probably never get the chance.
I went to York's gravesite about 20 years ago. Took a little while to find it. Apparently there are two cemeteries in Pall Mall. I went to the wrong one first. I came into town down from Kentucky. If I would have come in the other side of town I would have seen the guide signs. York's grave is clearly the most noticeable in the cemetery.
Been there, talk about a drive into the woods, and then I could barely understand the dialect, I was afraid I would insult someone with my Yankee accent.
@John Molloy Such a shame that along with dentistry and soap, those Yankee devils had industrialization and money too.
Doomed the Rebs to an eternity as citizens of the richest superpower on Earth, the poor devils!
My grandfather served during ww1. He was wounded and gased. He spent several years in the hospital recovering from from his wounds and being gased.
Awesome Movie ! I was 20 yrs old when I first saw this movie, that was 35 yrs ago I hope they never remake this. Gary Cooper is Sergeant York, based on a true story!!
Too patriotic to be remade. Libs wouldn't allow it .
If they did remake it, they'd probably make York into a hippy type character that has homosexual tendencies.
Triune Blades and the battle scenes would be all computer inhance. Ouch!
He helped to save many lives on both sides, a true hero, actually on both sides !!!
"Won't that make the bullet come out faster?"
Ha.
@j.j.cagney YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!!! GREASE IN A GUN BARREL WILL VERY LIKELY CAUSE ABNORMALLY HIGH PRESSURE PEAKS IN THE GUN BARREL- AND LEAD TO A CARTRIDGE CASE RUPTURE!!!
I'm 44 and my Grandfather was in ww1 marched across France he was born in 1894 had my mother when he was 64 and she was the last of 18 kids and from sunbright tennessee about 30 min from yorks home
Hubby's family is from Glenmary.
@@romaking6713 i know that place very well, have you been back
Smart man, when he got back from war he decided to breed his own army.
@@ComicGladiator lol yeah I noticed in rural areas is where people tend to have lots of kids. In the town where I grew up one family had about 20 kids.
My favorite old movie, Cagney be damned. My next in line would be John Wayne in the Quiet Man.
The Quiet Man is one of my favorites. Sgt. York ranks right up there too!
Cagney was doing many quality sentimental old good guy films also, just so you know the real facts. He was also an exceptional human being
The range sergeant already knew what sergeant Hartman still had to learn the hard way:
Don't be rude to a man with a loaded rifle in his hands.
WHEN YOU'RE WITHIN ARM'S LENGTH OF THEM, YOU'RE IN LITTLE DANGER!!!
@@daleburrell6273 Got enough caps there?
@@QixTheDS ...POSSIBLY-!
My father was a machine gunner on a tank in Saipan & Okinawa. He was in the Banzai attack against the 27th Army Division.
He had a BAR 50 cal. He was a marksman. He never owned a gun. But when he was at the amusement park, he'd sneak off the the shoot range and shoot. He was very good. The Boy Scouts were having a rifle school. I asked my dad if I could go. He said "no, if you want to shoot a rifle, then join the Army.
He loved the Army.
We called it Fort Gordon back in 1969. Military Police Academy, Fort Gordon, Georgia. Man, what memories
Yes, we know. It was a camp long before it became a fort, which is true for almost all Army posts.
What a magnificent story and movie. I reckon I'ma hankerin' to see it again.
My Dad a Marine in 1943 said at boot camp they kept an eye out for these types, back then there were still many households that depended on hunting for food
Some great Medal of Honor recipients over the years, makes for some great reading about what they have achieved
an American hero..thanks for adding these clips..
I went to basic training in 1984 and they were still using those exact rifle range targets.
We still use similar targets in the Army now. At a Known Distance range, to confirm the zero on your weapon. With the markers and all.
Funny story about kids off the farm. My aunt was a Navy nurse so as a Non combatant she and other nurses were given very little training in fire arms. But being an Oklahoma farm girl she was a better shot than most of the Marines she would find at the range.
I was fortunate enough to be able to graduate from his school.
One of my favorite movie.
Although the movie came out in 1941, I've watched it several times during the 60's.
One of my favorite movies.
He was a great man in history. We don't have any like that anymore.
This is an awesome movie.
One of my favorite scenes & movies of all time, thank you for sharing.
Best Springfield M1903 rifle movie ever made.....
"The Sand Pebbles" comes to mind.. except when McQueen throws his 03 in the river.
This is a 1903 Springfield model 3006, deadly accurate up to a mile. Still considered one of the best rifles ever made. Stll used for sniping. York used it like no other Army regular.
Very few Americans were issued the 1903 other than training in the states. Almost the entire force was issued the M1917 chambered in .30-06. To my knowledge the M1903 hasn't been used for sniping since Korea.
+akgeronimo501 It was used a little in Vietnam.
usa2012 I don't think by US forces. We had kind of moved on from it.
Actually you don't know the story of the US Marines at Bellou Wood. They drove the 500,000 man German Army back 12 miles in 3 days. There were only 5,000 of them. There were LOTS of Americans who shot like that. I know of at least 2 such shooters for US Army in WW2. One killed over 1,100 Germans in 6 battles. I know a man who fought in Korea who wiped out 1,400! This kind of American Shooting was a national tradition until recently when the US Government decided to discourage it
+Paul Noel Very nice info Paul...I agree sad the DOD Govt has swayed against
Sgt York was a true badass and one hell of a shot!!
My Top 5 movie of all-time. I can watch it over and over.
Just finished watching this today. What an incredible, inspiring movie!
Was in boot camp in 67' had a guy from the ozarks had first pair of shoes not worn by.somenodyy else.
Been to the rural parts of TN. There are plenty of folks who are living straight out of the 1800s. And I don’t mean in a good way. I mean poverty that you cannot imagine until you see it yourself.
@@KenLeonard I'm from Mississippi and I agree. I knew plenty of kids who got an apple or orange from Christmas and that's all. I had girls draw water, heat it on a woodstove, bath in a washtub, and go on a date with me. I appreciate every one of them. One of them I married. That was over 50 years ago.
Not that extreme but in 62 we met guys that came from some humble life styles. RTC San Diego
One of the best movies of all time love this sean my grandaddy was a good shot and did not miss rip Gary Cooper
If you ever get the chance to see this on the silver screen, do it. Great movie.
Incredible movie, a all time CLASSIC ❤️
My grand uncle Joe Phelan was killed on November 11,1918 just before 11:00 am. He, along with about 2,500 Allies and Germans died that day in a desperate effort to gain a little more real estate. So many brave man and so many stupid and petty leaders.
Yep! the Great War had a lot of stupidity. Like jumping out of the trenches and charging the enemy on foot against a hail of machine gun bullets, All, I got to say is the infantry man had a lot of courage to do things like that.
Love this movie! My father and I watched it every year!
One of the best movies of all
ABSOLUTLY classic scene :3
He did everything that he was ordered and asked to do! He was an excellent shot! He seemed to get along with everyone! And he didn't cause any problems! Seems like a good soldier to me! Lots of officers would love to have a guy like him around!
Doesn't sound like any army guy I ever met, ha ha. And I served in the Australian army and was attached to a number or foreign armies during my 18 years' service, including two tours in the Mid East.
One of my favorite movies of all time.
I was a kid when I first saw this movie, and it's still on my list as of today!