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History Daily

Saturday Matinee: Medal of Honor

History Daily

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4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we learn how Sergeant Alvin York's heroism during WWI earned him the Medal of Honor and even a Hollywood film depicting his story. But, just how accurate was that story?



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As a member of Noiser Plus at Noiser.com or in Apple Podcasts,

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or you can get all of History Daily plus other fantastic history podcasts at into History.com. Strangely, the Medal of Honor, the United States Armed Forces highest military

0:29.2

decoration has been in the news recently.

0:32.2

Some political candidate made a quip and elicited a backlash.

0:35.4

I'm not going to get into it because for that sort of stuff you read the news, not history.

0:40.1

But it does give me an excuse to bring you another Medal of Honor controversy on today's Saturday matinee.

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An episode from the podcast Medal of Honor, made in partnership with the National Medal of Honor Society.

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This award is presented to American Soldiers. with the National Medal of Honor Society.

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This award is presented to American soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, guardians, and coast

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guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by singular acts of valor. But sometimes it takes a while for the real story to come to light,

1:06.0

and that was the case for Sergeant Alvin York, whose bravery and heroism during World War I was mythologized in the 1941 Hollywood film

1:14.7

Sergeant York, but is myth the right word? I hope you enjoy. While you're

1:19.6

listening, be sure to search for and follow Medal of Honor.

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We put a link in the show notes to make it easy for you.

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Alice and Matt here from British scandal.

1:32.0

Matt, if we had a bingo card, what would be on there?

1:34.4

Oh, compelling storytelling, egotistical white men and dubious humor.

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If that sounds like your cup of tea, you will love our podcast British scandal, the show where every week we bring

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you stories from this green and not always so pleasant land.

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We've looked at spies, politicians, media magnates, a king, no one is safe.

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