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Moonbattery (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Oozing the idiotic moral equivalence that contributes to the blind obnoxiousness of the progressive left, Anthony Stevens-Arroyo of the Washington Post’s On Faith blog compares Ft. Hood Islamist Mass Murderer Nidal Hassan to General George Patton and World War I hero Sgt Alvin York . How are these men all alike? All three recited what Arroyo calls “bad prayers.” But the granddaddy of...
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Anthony Stevens-Arroyo of the Washington Post’s On Faith blog took left-wing moral equivalency to new lows in a November 24 post where he compared Ft. Hood shooter Nidal Hassan to General Patton and World War I hero Alvin York. What does this mass murderer have in common with two American heroes, in Stevens-Arroyo’s view? All three recited what he labeled “bad prayers.”...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Posted on Tuesday, 11.10.09 Alvin York's son and Gary Cooper's daughter to appear together at museumRelated Content By ROBERT W. BUTLERMcClatchy NewspapersKANSAS CITY, Mo. - They lead wildly dissimilar lives, yet thanks to a movie they are inextricably linked.She is the daughter of Hollywood royalty, a resident of the Big Apple and married to a world-class concert pianist.He is the fifth...
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
"He never talked about the war at all," said Andrew Jackson York in a phone call from the Sgt. Alvin C. York Historic Park near Pall Mall, where he's been employed by the Tennessee parks system for nearly 40 years. "We kids read about what he did. We saw the movie. But he never told any of us about it, as far as I know. I doubt he even told my mom."
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Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
They lead wildly dissimilar lives, yet thanks to a movie they are inextricably linked. She is the daughter of Hollywood royalty, a resident of the Big Apple and married to a world-class concert pianist.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
They lead wildly dissimilar lives, yet thanks to a movie they are inextricably linked. She is the daughter of Hollywood royalty, a resident of the Big Apple and married to a world-class concert pianist.
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
strong><span class="subhead">SGT. YORK DAY</span></strong> Alvin York was a legendary hero of World War I who won a Congressional Medal of Honor.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
strong><span class="subhead">SGT. YORK DAY</span></strong> Alvin York was a legendary hero of World War I who won a Congressional Medal of Honor.
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MooPig Wisdom (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... and Gen. Pershing himself were at the groundbreaking. And Alexander noted that the family of Sgt. Alvin York, the most decorated American soldier of the war, supports the Kansas City memorial. The Medal of Honor winner's great-granddaughter was at Thursday's hearing. Buckles, who lives on a farm in Charles Town, W.Va., with his daughter and her husband, has become the still-living...
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LinknZona (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Sergeant Alvin York, Medal of Honor Winner (From www.worldwar1.com) History of its Origin Veterans Day has its origins in World War I (WW I), and stems from Armistice Day to commemorate those who lost their lives and the end of WW I. In much of the World it remains more strongly linked to WW I, the “Great War”, than it is to World War II and subsequent wars. Armistice Day...
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Cogito Ergo Geek (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... a self-styled "former Hippie". But Turner's modesty is commensurate with the demeanor of Alvin York and Audie Murphy ... to illustrate American heroes from both World Wars. Both of these men, American Infantrymen, earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for " conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. " But...
