Posted on Oct 10, 2015
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Have you read bout The Almost Unbelievable Story Of The MOH Recipient Who Took Out 20 German Soldiers During World War I?

Almost a century ago, Alvin York led seven soldiers in a charge against a large German force, singlehandedly killing 20 and capturing 132, so the story goes.

http://taskandpurpose.com/almost-unbelievable-story-moh-recipient-took-20-german-soldiers-world-war/

On Oct. 8, 1918, while serving on the Western Front, Army Cpl. Alvin C. York led a charge against a German machine-gun position during World War I, which resulted in 20 enemy casualties attributed to York alone, and the capture of 132 German soldiers.

He did it with just seven men.
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