David D. Lee

Alvin York grew up in the Appalachia mountains amid remnants of feuds from the civil war. He was an excellent marksman and rather rowdy. In his late 20’s he decided that wasn’t the way to live & became religious. However, his conscientious objection to the war was ignored. It was some struggle for him to become reconciled to war, but he rationalized it as “peacekeeping.”

This book tells his background, and the fascinating story of how he walked out of the woods with 132 German prisoners, having killed 25, and taken out 35 machine gun installations. (World War 1)

Once he became convinced of the rightness of the cause, he had a faith that carried him safely through the conflict.

It was such delightful reading that I read the account of the battle aloud to my wife.
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