World War I Through the Eyes of Sergeant York
- ISBN-10
- 1889128465
- ISBN-13
- 9781889128467
- Category
- Soldiers
- Pages
- 209
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-10-01
- Publisher
- Vision Forum
- Author
- Tom Skeyhill
Description
This book details the early days of Alvin York, a backwoods Tennessean who lived in obscurity until he was drafted and trained to fight for Uncle Sam overseas during the Great War, World War I. Alvin York kept a war diary that was published in 1928 by Mr. Tom Skeykill. This book is a unique reproduction of Sergeant York's war diary. -- Cover.
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