COL Sam Russell 269072 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-10513"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fon-this-day-in-military-history-8-october%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=On+this+day+in+Military+History+-+8+October&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fon-this-day-in-military-history-8-october&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AOn this day in Military History - 8 October%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/on-this-day-in-military-history-8-october" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="9fd51c88762b0e04cb308680efe93fa8" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/513/for_gallery_v2/Alvin-York.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/513/large_v3/Alvin-York.jpg" alt="Alvin york" /></a></div></div>On this day in 1918, United States Corporal Alvin C. York reportedly kills over 20 German soldiers and captures an additional 132 at the head of a small detachment in the Argonne Forest near the Meuse River in France. The exploits later earned York the Congressional Medal of Honor. 2014-10-08T09:18:23-04:00 COL Sam Russell 269072

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-10513"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fon-this-day-in-military-history-8-october%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=On+this+day+in+Military+History+-+8+October&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fon-this-day-in-military-history-8-october&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AOn this day in Military History - 8 October%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/on-this-day-in-military-history-8-october" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="8371a7adcb5bc4d6622c35be9e5433b1" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/513/for_gallery_v2/Alvin-York.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/010/513/large_v3/Alvin-York.jpg" alt="Alvin york" /></a></div></div>On this day in 1918, United States Corporal Alvin C. York reportedly kills over 20 German soldiers and captures an additional 132 at the head of a small detachment in the Argonne Forest near the Meuse River in France. The exploits later earned York the Congressional Medal of Honor.

2014-10-08T09:18:23-04:00 2014-10-08T09:18:23-04:00 CSM Private RallyPoint Member 269073

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thanks for posting. Interesting story and history.

2014-10-08T09:19:17-04:00 2014-10-08T09:19:17-04:00 SFC Private RallyPoint Member 269085

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Good to remember our Military History. Thank you for sharing sir.

2014-10-08T09:31:42-04:00 2014-10-08T09:31:42-04:00 SFC Mark Merino 275621

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Great share of a great man<a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="372124" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/372124-col-sam-russell">COL Sam Russell</a> !

2014-10-12T23:56:17-04:00 2014-10-12T23:56:17-04:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 275689

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thank you for sharing sir. We can never learn or know enough of our military history and heritage. It's something that is lacking in today's military.

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