A quote from his Wikipedia article: "At the end of the engagement, York and his seven men marched their German prisoners back to the American lines. Upon returning to his unit, York reported to his brigade commander, Brigadier General Julian Robert Lindsey, who remarked: "Well York, I hear you have captured the whole German army." York replied: "No sir. I got only 132.""
It's important context that many ww1 Germans by the time Americans got involved were not always difficult to convince to surrender cause the war... really sucked. So it wasn't just fear of York, tho that was a factor, but also just an opportunity to not fight anymore
As a Swedish band, I appreciate how Sabaton has given attention to the USA contribution to World War 1 (The Lost Battalion, Devil Dogs, 82nd All the Way, Hellfighters). Sabaton has done more than any teacher I ever had (US military ops just aren't big part of WW1 curriculum for American kids). Most documentaries will give a token mention to the USA contribution. Thank You Sabaton!
as a kid i was lucky enough to talk with a old WW1 vet Battalion Sgt Maj Ed Schneider. 3/328 82nd Div the only Sgt Maj of the div to be WIA june 6th 1918. he would share the story "there i was crossing the field during the big push , when out of nowhere a lone Hun fighter shows up, everyone hits the dirt and here i was thinking how lucky i was to hid behind a lone bush , next thing i know i'am looking up at the sky as the hun bastard drops a lone bomb and it hits me . got me right in my ass and blew me over( he would lean over and point to his butt) "
now, one thing i did not see... was the fact that Yorks fam got gifts from Sabaton and what not.....that did happen cause of what Sabaton did... i would have to look up the vids unless someone else can help me out??
Be like the 82nd? You mean a "Athletic Alcoholic"? Look up The Fat Electrician's short video on the 82nd and it's comment section ;-) If you want more Sabaton History I suggest "Cliffs of Gallipoli" Also a favorite quote form the movie Black Hawk Down "Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics and all that shit just goes right out the window." Have a good one.
I'm from Overton county TN it's next to fentris county, I met his brother George at the York mill in 6th grade I heard the story strait from him and Pall mall is far from the smokey mountains
Jamestown TN is where York institute is it's a k-12 school not a college Pall mall where alvin was from is a community a few miles outside of Jamestown growing up in the next county we were thought all about alvin c York early and every year. Fast forward to the Vietnam war tom Davis is from my home town, he is the first American soldier killed in the Vietnam war
There are generally 2 kinds of Sabaton song: the incredibly uplifting and the martially surreal. Example for the former is this song, and an example for the latter could be Price of a Mile or more likely Art of War or Unbreakable.
If you want to know more about alvin c York the movie is incredibly accurate cause the family rejected 6 scripts until they felt it was accurate,the legend of alvin starts long before the war the tree screen I the movie is true the tree is no longer there but was there when I was a kid and saw it with y own eyes, alvin was extremely drunk and was on horse back about 30 feet away and shot his initials into a tree with a pistol
He actually wasnt religious he lied on that paper😂his wife however is and "happy wife happy life" and also he survived being struck by lightning while he was on his way to kill man😂 thats when he essentially became religious and from what iv learned about her & my experience with her sides family their the side of families you wouldn't bother going to Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner to their house from what i was told she called his family not good people because they/we arent a religious family.🤷🏻♀️ hes my great grand uncle
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A quote from his Wikipedia article:
"At the end of the engagement, York and his seven men marched their German prisoners back to the American lines. Upon returning to his unit, York reported to his brigade commander, Brigadier General Julian Robert Lindsey, who remarked: "Well York, I hear you have captured the whole German army." York replied: "No sir. I got only 132.""
I served for 9 years in the 82nd Airborne... This song makes my chest fill with pride.... 82nd All the way, Death from above is what we now say!
This song and “To Hell and Back” are what got me into Sabaton
It's important context that many ww1 Germans by the time Americans got involved were not always difficult to convince to surrender cause the war... really sucked. So it wasn't just fear of York, tho that was a factor, but also just an opportunity to not fight anymore
As a Swedish band, I appreciate how Sabaton has given attention to the USA contribution to World War 1 (The Lost Battalion, Devil Dogs, 82nd All the Way, Hellfighters). Sabaton has done more than any teacher I ever had (US military ops just aren't big part of WW1 curriculum for American kids). Most documentaries will give a token mention to the USA contribution. Thank You Sabaton!
Crossville TN is where his house is and you can tour it the curators of the property are his kids and grandchildren
As always, you make these reactions enjoyable to watch.
as a kid i was lucky enough to talk with a old WW1 vet Battalion Sgt Maj Ed Schneider. 3/328 82nd Div the only Sgt Maj of the div to be WIA june 6th 1918. he would share the story "there i was crossing the field during the big push , when out of nowhere a lone Hun fighter shows up, everyone hits the dirt and here i was thinking how lucky i was to hid behind a lone bush , next thing i know i'am looking up at the sky as the hun bastard drops a lone bomb and it hits me . got me right in my ass and blew me over( he would lean over and point to his butt) "
now, one thing i did not see... was the fact that Yorks fam got gifts from Sabaton and what not.....that did happen cause of what Sabaton did... i would have to look up the vids unless someone else can help me out??
Be like the 82nd? You mean a "Athletic Alcoholic"? Look up The Fat Electrician's short video on the 82nd and it's comment section ;-)
If you want more Sabaton History I suggest "Cliffs of Gallipoli"
Also a favorite quote form the movie Black Hawk Down "Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics and all that shit just goes right out the window."
Have a good one.
now now, to be fair, that 82nd was WW2
lost division got me into Sabaton.
Loved the 1941 movie with Gary Cooper
I'm from Overton county TN it's next to fentris county, I met his brother George at the York mill in 6th grade I heard the story strait from him and Pall mall is far from the smokey mountains
From one veteran to another keep doing the awesome reactions
Jamestown TN is where York institute is it's a k-12 school not a college Pall mall where alvin was from is a community a few miles outside of Jamestown growing up in the next county we were thought all about alvin c York early and every year. Fast forward to the Vietnam war tom Davis is from my home town, he is the first American soldier killed in the Vietnam war
This was so enlightening! Thank you for sharing this
York became a member of his local draft board during WWII...
There are generally 2 kinds of Sabaton song: the incredibly uplifting and the martially surreal. Example for the former is this song, and an example for the latter could be Price of a Mile or more likely Art of War or Unbreakable.
Great video kit keep it up
If you want to know more about alvin c York the movie is incredibly accurate cause the family rejected 6 scripts until they felt it was accurate,the legend of alvin starts long before the war the tree screen I the movie is true the tree is no longer there but was there when I was a kid and saw it with y own eyes, alvin was extremely drunk and was on horse back about 30 feet away and shot his initials into a tree with a pistol
I don't want to take anything away from Desmond doss but alvin c York was the first co to win the medal of honor
I love the 1941 movie, but THIS made him sound much more of a bad a** than movie ever could!!
He actually wasnt religious he lied on that paper😂his wife however is and "happy wife happy life" and also he survived being struck by lightning while he was on his way to kill man😂 thats when he essentially became religious and from what iv learned about her & my experience with her sides family their the side of families you wouldn't bother going to Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner to their house from what i was told she called his family not good people because they/we arent a religious family.🤷🏻♀️ hes my great grand uncle