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Alvin York: References & Edit History

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: The American Legion - Alvin York. Jan 29, 2025
Anniversary information added. Dec 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Alvin York (1887-1964). Nov 16, 2024
Anniversary information added. Aug 29, 2024
Add new Web site: The American Legion - Alvin York. Jul 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Military.com - Alvin York: Veteran's Story. May 24, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 16, 2024
Add new Web site: University of South Carolina Scholar Commons - The Legend of Sergeant York. Apr 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Boot Camp and Military Fitness Institute - Who was Alvin York? Nov 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Tennessee State Library & Archives - Alvin C. York. Jul 18, 2023
Add new Web site: National Museum of the United States Army - Alvin C. York. May 26, 2023
Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Sergeant Alvin York: Personal Accounts That Reveal His True Story. Mar 18, 2023
Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Alvin York: Hero of the Argonne. Feb 01, 2023
Add new Web site: 1914-1918 online - International Encyclopedia of the First World War - Biography of Alvin Cullum York. May 17, 2021
Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - The Heroism of Sergeant Alvin York. Apr 22, 2019
Add new Web site: American National Biography - Biography of Alvin Cullum York. Apr 22, 2019
Add new Web site: Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture - Biography of Alvin Cullom York. Jun 18, 2014
Add new Web site: Military.com - Biography of Alvin York. Jun 21, 2013
Added new Web site: Allmusic - Biography of Charlie Christian. Nov 18, 2008
Article revised and updated. Aug 09, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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