"The Controversy of Sergeant York: Uncovering the WWI..." Topic

… Iconic Hero's Battleground.

"…The controversy about the location of the York site began in 1929 when the US Army wanted to stage a reenactment of the York battle in Washington DC during their annual exposition. The Army contacted York's commanders (Captain Danforth and Lieutenant Colonel Buxton) to come up with a map of the location. Buxton and Danforth had no clue where York fought as neither was with him during the battle. In fact, Buxton by then was on the division staff and was nowhere near York's action. Danforth was busy leading his men more than a kilometer away from where York's fight took place. This notwithstanding, Buxton and Danforth gave it a wild guess and put an "X" on a random spot on a map, but warning the Army not to use the map, knowing that it was grossly inaccurate. Yet, the Army filed the map away and eventually it ended up in the National Archives where York enthusiasts grabbed hold of it years later thinking that they had stumbled upon the answer to the location of the battlefield. Unfortunately, the previous warning was ignored by researchers who used it as their primary source on York's location in France. As you can imagine, the map led to nowhere and a flimsy case was built around the Danforth spot as being where the fight occurred.

History demonstrates that the York site was really never lost. In fact, accurate maps in both the German and American archives, made by eyewitnesses, had always pinpointed the location 600 meters north of the erroneous Danforth map. I spent more than 1,000 hours studying these maps, eyewitness accounts, unit reports and after-action reviews related to the York fight and found them highly accurate and verifiable. There is no debate as to where it happened from either the American or German perspective…"
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Armand

Sgt York was a true American Hero; a humble man from humble beginnings who went on to be the nation's most decorated soldier.

His uniform and medals – including his Medal of Honor – are on display at the Tennessee military museum in Nashville. Will just absolutly bring shivers to your spine to see the awards and possessions of such a hero.

Ironically, that movie was playing on TCM earlier today…stopped everything and watched it. A classic!

P.