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Our American Stories

The Story of Sergeant York: The Religious Pacifist Who Became One of America’s Greatest War Heroes

Our American Stories

iHeartPodcasts

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.6817 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Our American Stories, Sgt. Alvin York— the reluctant World War I infantryman who became an American legend—has stood as a symbol of courage and sacrifice for over a century. The Tennessee mountaineer whose religious convictions at first kept him from fighting became the recipient of the Medal of Honor and nearly 50 other decorations for single handedly capturing (132) or killing (28) an entire German machine‐gun battalion. Here to tell the story is JD Phillips, who runs the popular YouTube channel, The Appalachian Storyteller.

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:04.5

Adventure should never come with a pause button.

0:07.1

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0:11.1

I'm Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls on the Internet.

0:13.9

And this season, I'm digging into the tech stories we weren't told.

0:17.4

Starting with Stacey Spikes, the black founder of movie pass who got pushed out of the company

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he built.

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0:27.3

And then boom, it's everywhere.

0:29.3

And that was that moment.

0:30.7

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0:45.0

Music or wherever you get your podcast. This is Lee Habib, and this is our American Stories, the show where America is the star

0:51.2

and the American people.

0:54.0

Sergeant Elvin York, the reluctant World War I infantryman who became an American legend,

1:00.2

has stood as a symbol of American courage and sacrifice for well over a century.

1:05.8

The Tennessee mountaineer, whose religious convictions had first kept him from fighting,

1:10.6

became the recipient

1:11.5

of the Medal of Honor. And we're telling you this story because on this day in history,

1:16.0

in 1918, Alvin York made his name by capturing 132 Germans. Here to tell a story is J.D. Phillips,

1:25.6

who runs the popular YouTube channel, the Appalachian

1:28.7

storyteller. J.D. will be telling the story of Alvin York as Alvin himself, using York's

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