Seargent York and 1903

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After the Armistice was signed, I was ordered to go back to the scene of my fight with the machine guns. General Lindsey and some other generals went with me.

We went over the ground carefully. The officers spent a right smart amount of time examining the hill and the trenches where the machine guns were, and measuring and discussing everything."

And probably taking notes...

Didn't one of the Germans call out to York during the action asking if he was an "Englishman"? Would that be because of his marksmanship or because the report of his rifle was different somehow?

There were plenty of good shots in the AEF and by 1918, marksmanship in the BEF was nowhere near as good as it had been in 1914, so I would guess it was the sound of his rifle that was noted.

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