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The names of military units appear in alphabetical rather than numerical order; for example, “166th Infantry Regiment” appears before “110th Infantry Regiment.”

aircraft

Aire River

Aix les Bans (France)

Allan Line

Alvin C. York Industrial Institute (Jamestown, TN): building of; fundraising for; IRS and; local opposition to; opening of; Tennessee state takeover of; York’s vision for

America First Committee (AFC)

American Battle Monuments Commission

American Expeditionary Forces: aircraft used by; Allied victory chances and; casualties suffered by; combat readiness of; divisions comprising; final offensive of; as independent American army; Medal of Honor policies; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918) map; Pershing as commander of; personnel advantage; revival meetings of; St. Mihiel Offensive (1918); tactics of criticized; training deficit of; training of, in France; veterans of; York heroism investigated by. See also individual units

American Legion

American Legion Band

American Optical Universal Comparison Microscope

Amerikaner Nest. See also Lost Battalion

Amiens (France)

Andrew Jackson Hotel (Nashville, TN)

anti-interventionalism

anti-Semitism

Apremont Heights (France)

Argonne Forest (France); AEF advance into map; AEF rest areas in; author’s research at; German defenses in; German supply network in; German withdrawal from; last German attack in; Sergeant York Historic Trail in. See also Châtel Chéhéry (France)—York’s heroic actions near (Oct., 1918); Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918)

Arlington National Cemetery, York speech at (1941)

Asbury, Francis

Asbury College (Wilmore, KY)

Astor Theater (New York, NY)

Augusta (GA)

Augustine, Saint

Australian-New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)

Austria, Hitler’s occupation of

Austrian immigrants

Austro-Hungarian Empire

Auzeville (France)

Baker, Newton D.

Bald Rock (KY), Blind Tigers in

ballistic firearms forensics

balloons

Bank of Jamestown (Jamestown, TN)

Baptists

Bar le Duc (France)

Bast (German captain)

Battalion Müller (Germany)

battlefield archeology

Bayer (German adjutant)

Beardsley, Percy; during Châtel Chéhéry battle (Oct., 1918); during Châtel Chéhéry bayonet attack (Oct., 1918); Chauchat machine gun of; in Lindsey commendations report; pistol of; York heroism investigation and

Beattie, Taylor

Beautiful View Hill (Hill; France) map

Belgian Army

Belgium

Bethell, H. K.

Birdwell, Michael

“Blind Tigers” (KY/TN drinking establishments)

Bordeaux (France)

Boston (MA)

Bowman, Ronald

Boyd, R. L.

Boyle (1st Battalion major)

Boy Scouts

Bradley, Omar

Brennan, Walter

British Army Ration

British Expeditionary Force

Brittain, Vera

Brown, R. D.

Bulgaria

Bulgarian immigrants

Buren, E. J.

Burkhalter, Edwin

Burnham, William P.

Butz (German company commander)

Buxton, G. Edward: as American Legion founder; as Christian; asnd Division staff member; film portrayal of; Merrithew (Cutting) and; as 2nd Battalion commander; at Sergeant York premieres; St. Mihiel Offensive (1918); York battlefield site map of; York’s pacifist beliefs and

California, USS. See also San Diego, USS

Campbell, Marvin

Camp Claiborne (LA)

Camp de Bouzon (Varennes, France)

Camp Gordon (GA): conscientious objectors at; fellow Christians at; official songbook of; topography of; training schools at; York’s leave of absence from; York’s temptations while at; York’s training at

Camp Merritt (NJ)

Camp Upton (NY)

Canada

Canadian Army

Canadian Corps

Canal du Nord (France)

Cape Helles (Turkey), ANZAC landing at (1915)

Case, Ward R.

Castle Hill (Hill; France) map

Chamberlain, Joshua L.

Chamberlain, Neville

Chamblee (GA)

Champ Mahaut (France)

Champrocher Ridge (Argonne Forest, France)

Chandlee, Harry

Chase, Joseph Cummings

Château Thierry (France)

Châtel Chéhéry (France)

Châtel Chéhéry (France)—York’s heroic actions near (Oct., 1918): American casualties during; author’s research; ballistic evidence on site of; ballistic firearms forensics analysis of, battlefield archeological analysis; eyewitness affidavits; German bayonet attack; German machine gun site; Germans captured; German trap preceding; interpretive trail/monuments honoring; investigations of; map; military significance of; military terrain analysis of; ninetieth anniversary celebrations; questioners of; site rediscovery map; York’s flanking maneuvers map; York’s returns to site; York’s vantage point; York’s view of, as divine intervention

Chauchat machine gun

Chaumont (France)

Chemin des Dames Offensive (1917)

Chiang Kai-shek

Chicago Tribune

China, Japanese occupation of

Chinese Civil War (1949)

Chism, J. N.

Christian aid volunteers

Christian Commission

Church of Christ in Christian Union (CCCU)

Circuit du Sergeant York (Argonne Forest, France)

Civil War (1861–1865)

Colt .45 ACP

Cooper, Gary

Cooper, Prentice

Corinthians, Book of

Cornay (France)

Cowan, Sam K.

Cox, Bertrand

Crabtree, Jim

Croce di Guerra (Italian medal)

Croix de Guerre with Palm (French medal)

Crossville (TN)

Cullom, Neil

Cumberland Valley (TN)

Cunel (France)

Cutting, William. See Merrithew, Otis B.

Czechoslovakia

Danforth, E. C. B.: film portrayal of; as G Company commander; Merrithew (Cutting) and; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918); Meuse-Argonne Offensive actions ordered by (Oct., 1918); St. Mihiel Offensive (1918); York battlefield site map of; York evaluated by, in training; York heroism investigated by; York promotion to sergeant recommended by; York’s pacifist beliefs and; York’s returns to battlefield site and

Davis, Bette

Davis, Dwight F.

Decauville Railroad

Delk, Everett

Delk, Marion

Denmark, Hitler’s invasion of

Distinguished Service Cross

Donohue, Patrick

Dorsey, Hugh M.

Doubleday (publisher)

Drums along the Mohawk (film; 1939)

Duncan, George: biography of; asnd Division commander;nd Division medal awardees considered by; film portrayal of; as medal awardee; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918); portrait of; press interviews with; at Sergeant York premieres; troop visits of; York awarded Medal of Honor by; York chosen as 82nd Division representative to American Legion founding by, York heroism investigated by; at York’s NYC welcome ceremonies

Dymowsky, Maryan

Earle Theater (Washington, DC)

Early, Bernard (“Bernie”): background of; during Châtel Chéhéry battle (Oct. 8, 1918); medal belatedly awarded to; Merrithew (Cutting) and; wounding of (Oct., 1918); as York detractor

80th Infantry Division (“Blue Ridge”; USA)

82nd Infantry Division (“All-American Division”; USA): casualties suffered by; chaplain of; Chase portraits of medal awardees in; deployment to France; divisional history of; divisional HQs; establishment of; heroes recognized in; inspections of; at Lagny Sector, Woevre Front; leadership of; leave program of; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918); nickname of; at Pont-à-Mousson; post-Armistice training period; reactivation of, for WWII; relieved by 80th Division; return stateside; as “singing division,”; St. Mihiel Offensive (1918); training of; training of, in France; transport to Argonne Forest map; Wilson visit to; York awarded Medal of Honor at divisional parade of; York heroism investigation in. See also 328th Infantry Regiment (USA)

Einfeld, Charles

Endriss, Fritz; Argonne defenses of; artifacts belonging to; background of; during Châtel Chéhéry battle (Oct., 1918); fatal wounding of (Oct. 8, 1918)

Endriss trench (Humserberg)

en echelon attacks

Enneking, W. F.

Eu (France)

Ezekiel, Book of

F Company, 2nd Battalion, 328th Infantry Regiment

Fentress County (TN)

Fentress County (TN) Draft Board

Field Order no. 2

15th Bavarian Division (Germany)

5th Prussian Guards Division (Germany)

Fifth Army (Germany)

Fifth Army (Great Britain)

52nd Reserve Division (Germany)

Finkel, Abem

First Army (Great Britain)

First Army (USA) 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment (Germany)

1st Battalion, 328th Infantry Division (USA): casualties suffered by; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918); 2nd Battalion merged with survivors of

1st Guard Infantry Division (Germany)

1st Infantry Division (USA)

1st Tank Brigade (USA)

Fleville (France)

Floraville (France)

Florent-en-Argonne (France)

Foch, Ferdinand; Meuse-Argonne Offensive designed by; St. Mihiel Offensive and; York awarded French medals by

Fokker biplanes

Fort Oglethorpe (GA)

45th Prussian Reserve Division (Germany)

.45-caliber bullets

.45-caliber cartridges

42nd Infantry Division (“Rainbow”; USA)

47th MG Sharpshooters (Germany)

Foster, Edgar

4th Company, 120th Infantry Regiment (Germany)

4th Company, 125th Infantry Regiment (Germany)

France; 82nd Division deployment to; Hitler’s invasion of. See also Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918); specific places

Franke, Anton

Frederick the Great

French Army: casualties suffered by; Chemin des Dames Offensive (1917); Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918)

French Indochinese soldiers

French 154th Division

French 69th Infantry Division

French XXXII Corps

Frogge, Ocie O.

Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916)

Gallwitz, Max von

gas attacks

gas masks

G Company, 328th Infantry Regiment (USA)

George V (King of England)

geospatial technology

German Archives (Potsdam)

German Army: aircraft used by; casualties suffered by; divisions comprising; machine gun mastery of; Operation Michael (1918); St. Mihiel defenses; storm tactics used by; trench raids conducted by; Western Front defenses of. See also individual units

German Empire: political weakening of; US declaration of war against (1917); WWI and end of

German High Command

German immigrants

Germany. See German Empire; Nazi Germany

Gettysburg, Battle of (1863)

Glass, Karl

Goldwyn, Sam

Gordon, John Brown

Gore, Albert

Grampian, SS

Grand Central Station (New York, NY)

Great Britain

Great Depression

Great White Fleet

Greece, Hitler’s invasion of

Gugeler (German company commander)

Guthrie, William

Haegele (German sergeant major)

Haig, Douglas

Hall, Donohue

hand grenades

Hanlon, Michael

Hapsburg, House of

Härer, Wilhelm

Hawks, Howard

Hill. See Beautiful View Hill (Hill ; France)

Hill. See Castle Hill (Hill; France)

Hindenburg, Paul von

Hindenburg Line. See Kriemhilde (Siegfried) Stellung

Hitler, Adolf

Hoboken (NJ)

Hohenzollern, House of

Holden, Frank

Hollywood film industry

Horcelaines (France)

Hotchkiss machine gun

Houlemare, Lucien

House Resolution 8599

Huddleson family

Hull, Cordell

Humserberg (Argonne Forest, France)

Huston, John

I Blow My Own Horn (Lasky)

immigrants

Indian Wars

influenza pandemic (1918–1920)

Interborough Rapid Transit Company (New York, NY)

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Ireland

isolationism. See also anti-interventionalism

Italy

James, Jesse

Jamestown (TN). See also Alvin C. York Industrial Institute (Jamestown, TN)

Japan, Imperial

Jewett, Frank

John, Gospel of

Johnson, Gordon

Johnson, Lyndon B.

Johnson, Thomas

Just War theory

Kahn, Julius

Kauffman, Bill

Kellogg, E. A.

King, James J.

Knotty Ash Rest Camp (Liverpool, England)

Koblenz (Germany)

Koch, Howard

Kögel (German medic)

Kornacki, Joseph

Kriemhilde (Siegfried) Stellung

Kristallnacht

Kübler, Karl

Ladies’ Home Journal

Lagny Sector

La Plante, A. N.

Lasky, Jesse

Lasky, Jesse, Jr.

League of Nations

Lee, Robert E.

Le Havre (France)

Lephew, Marion

Leslie, Joan

Lewis Gun

Liberty Magazine

Liggett, Hunter

Lindbergh, Charles

Lindsey, Julian R.; background of; as Christian; 82nd Division medal awardees considered by; film portrayal of; promotions of; as 328th Infantry regimental commander; training schedule set by; York heroism investigation authorized by; York medals approved by

Lipp, Paul

Little Foxes (film; 1941)

Liverpool (England)

Lost Battalion

Louis XVI (King of France)

Lucey (France)

Ludendorff, Erich

Luke, Gospel of

Luther, Martin

Luxembourg, Hitler’s invasion of

Manchuria, Japanese occupation of

Marbache Sector

Marie Antoinette (Queen of France)

Marne Sector

Marshall, George C.

Marter’s Place (bar; KY/TN border)

Martigney-les-Gerbonvaux (France)

Mastriano, Douglas

Mastriano, Josiah

Matthew, Gospel of

McKellar, Kenneth

Meacham, Malcolm

Medaille Militaire (French medal)

Medal of Honor

M1898 rifles

Merrithew, Otis B.: background of; during Châtel Chéhéry battle (Oct. 8, 1918); medal attempts of; medal belatedly awarded to; pistol type used by; pseudonym of; Sergeant York film and; wounding of (Oct. 8, 1918); on York; as York detractor

Methodists

METT-T concept

Metz (France)

Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918): AEF advance into Argonne (Oct. 4–6); AEF casualties during; AEF objectives in map; AEF tactics criticized during; Cornay (Oct. 8–9); duration of; 82nd Division moved to support; end of; as en echelon attack; Foch as designer of; German air superiority during; German defenses, 85; German political weakening during; German retreat from Argonne (Oct. 8–10); heroism during; key AEF actions in; Kriemhilde (Siegfried) Line assault (Oct. 13–15); launching of (Sept. 26); logistical problems during; Lost Battalion rescue mission (Oct. 7–8) map; map; Meuse Valley (Oct. 13–31) map. See also Châtel Chéhéry (France)—York’s heroic actions near (Oct. 8, 1918)

Meuse River Valley map

Mexican-American War (1846–1848)

MG 08 / 15 machine gun

MG 08 / 15 patronengurt

Middle Tennessee State University

military terrain analysis

Mitchell, Billy

M1911 .45 ACP

M1917 U.S. Enfield “Eddystone” rifle

Montenegro

moonshine

Morin, John M.

Müller (German captain)

Mullinix, W. E.

Muzzi, Mario

Nanking (China), Japanese occupation of

Napoleon

Nashville (TN)

Nashville Banner

Nashville Rotary Club

National Convention of Rotary Clubs (Salt Lake City, UT; 1919)

National Guard

Nazi Germany

Nelson, Hunter B.

Netherlands, Hitler’s invasion of

Neutrality Acts

New England National Guard 26th Division (“Yankee”)

New York (NY); Sergeant York premiere in; York welcome home ceremonies in

New York Stock Exchange

New York Times

Niagara Falls Gazette

Nikolas I (King of Montenegro)

90th Infantry Division (Germany)

Nolan, Tom

Norroy (France)

Norway, Hitler’s invasion of

Nye, Gerald P.

OCOKA concept

Official Camp Gordon Songbook

Ohioan, SS (Ch. 9) (Ch. 8)

157th Artillery Brigade (USA)

157th Depot Brigade (USA)

101st Field Artillery (USA)

164th Infantry Brigade (USA)

166th Infantry Regiment (USA)

110th Infantry Regiment (USA)

120th Württemberg Landwehr Regiment (Germany): Argonne defenses of; artifacts belonging to; casualties suffered by; during Châtel Chéhéry battle (Oct. 8); garbage pit of

125th Württemberg Landwehr Regiment (Germany): Argonne defenses of; artifacts belonging to; casualties suffered by; during Châtel Chéhéry battle (Oct. 8); Cornay (Oct. 8–9)

122nd Infantry Regiment (Germany)

Oneida (TN)

Operation Michael (1918)

Ottoman Empire

Pahl Kompanie, 5th Prussian Guards Division

Pall Mall (TN): CCCU congregation established in; church in; Cowan stay in; map; revival meetings in; York born near; York Chapel in; York farm in; York’s improvement plans for (see also Alvin C. York Industrial Institute [Jamestown, TN]); York’s postwar return to; York’s return to, during basic training

Paramount Pictures

Paris (France), York’s visit to

Paris Peace Conference

Parsons, Harry M.

patriotism

Pattullo, George: Chase and; research of; Saturday Evening Post article on York by

Paul, Saint

Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack on (1941)

Pershing, John J.: as AEF commander; AEF post-Armistice training ordered by; on AEF training insufficiency; biography of; Burnham replaced by; 82nd Division medal awardees considered by; film portrayal of; HQs of; Meuse-Argonne Offensive endorsed by; “rifle cult” of; St. Mihiel Offensive ordered by; tactics of criticized; training exercises ordered by; WWI operations concept of; York Medal of Honor endorsed by

Pfizer (German company commander)

Pile, Rosier C.

Pile, Virgil

Poland, Hitler’s invasion of

Polte Werke Zentrale (Magdeburg, Germany)

Pont-à-Mousson (France)

Porter, W. E.

Prauthoy training area (France)

Prohibition Party

Rambucourt (France)

Ravine aux Pierres (France)

Rayburn, Sam

Reagan, Ronald

Red Cross

Remington Arms cartridges

revival meetings

Rice, Bill

Ridgway, Matthew

“rifle, cult of the,”

RKO

Roberts, Albert H.

Rogers, Will

Romanov, House of

Romans, Book of

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Rotary Club. See also Nashville Rotary Club; Tennessee Rotary Club

Russell, Melvin Herbert

Russian Empire

Sacina, Michael

“saddlebag” preachers

Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (France) training area

Salt Lake City (UT)

Salvation Army

San Diego, USS

Saturday Evening Post. See also Pattullo, George

Savage, Murray: during Châtel Chéhéry battle (Oct. 8, 1918); as Christian; death of; pistol type used by; York’s friendship with

Scandinavian, SS

Scott, Doug

Scranton, SS

Second Army (USA)

2nd Battalion, 328th Infantry Regiment (USA): artifacts belonging to; casualties suffered by; chaplain of; deployment to France; inspections of; at Lagny Sector, Woevre Front; leadership of; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918) map; Meuse-Argonne Offensive movements of (Oct. 8, 1918); return stateside; St. Mihiel Offensive (1918); training of, in France. See also Châtel Chéhéry (France)—York’s heroic actions near (Oct. 8, 1918)

2nd Infantry Division (USA)

2nd Machine Gun Company, 120th Infantry Regiment (Germany)

2nd Württemberg Division (Germany). See also 120th Württemberg Landwehr Regiment (Germany); 125th Württemberg Landwehr Regiment (Germany)

Sedan (France)

Sedan-Mezieres rail line (France)

Selective Service

Sergeant York (film; 1941): cast of; consent forms for; contract signing; controversy over; Lasky and film rights to; premieres of; production of; script of; success of; tax problems from proceeds of; US entrance into WWII and; York’s faith as portrayed in

Sergeant York and His People (Cowan)

Sergeant York Discovery Expedition (SYDE)

Sergeant York Fund

Sergeant York Highway (TN)

Sergeant York: His Own Life Story and War Diary (York/Skeyhill)

Sergeant York Historic Trail (Argonne Forest, France)

Sergeant York: Last of the Long Hunters (York/Skeyhill)

7th Bavarian Mineur Company (Germany)

77th Infantry Division (“Liberty”; USA). See also Lost Battalion

76th Reserve Division (Germany)

Shanks, David

Shontz, Theodore P.

Shubert, Lee

Siegfried Line. See Kriemhilde (Siegfried) Stellung

Sierra (transport)

Silver Medaille pour la Bravoure Militaire (Montenegran medal)

Singing Soldier, A (Skeyhill)

16th Marine Regiment (USA)

6th Company, 125th Infantry Regiment (Germany)

66th Division (Great Britain)

Skeyhill, Tom

Smart, Daniel S.

“Smashing through the Argonne with Sergeant York” (US Army War College Expo reenactment)

Social Democratic Party

Sok, Feodor

Sola Scriptura

Sommerance (France)

South Amboy Citizen

Southampton Rest Camp (Southampton, England)

Soviet Union

Spang (German major)

Spanish-American War (1898)

Spanish Civil War (1936–1939)

Spanish flu pandemic (1918–1920)

Stalin, Joseph

Static (KY), Blind Tigers in

Statue of Liberty (New York, NY)

Stewart, Kirby Pelot

St. Georges (France)

St. Georges–St. Juvin Road

St. Mihiel Offensive (1918)

Stockton, George

storm tactics

St. Quentin (France)

Summerall, Charles

Swansen, Carl

tanks

Tennessee, State of

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI)

Tennessee Draft Board

Tennessee Rotary Club. See also Nashville Rotary Club

Tennessee Society of New York (Ch. 9) (Ch. 8)

Tennessee Technical University

terrain analysis

3rd Battalion, 328th Infantry Regiment (USA)

3rd Württemberg Machine Gun Company (Germany)

Third Army (Great Britain)

Third Army (USA)

35th Infantry Division (USA)

30–06 rifle casings

Thoma, Max

328th Infantry Regiment (USA): battalion rotation schedules in; casualties suffered by; deployment to France; HQs of; leadership of; Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918); Meuse-Argonne Offensive movements of (Oct. 8, 1918); at Pont-à-Mousson; return stateside; 327th Regiment merged with; training of, 328th Infantry Regiment (USA) (cont.); training of, in France; York assigned to; York heroism investigation within; York’s war hero status and. See also 2nd Battalion, 328th Infantry Regiment (USA)

325th Infantry Regiment (USA)

321st Company, 1st Tank Brigade (USA)

321st Machine Gun Battalion (USA)

327th Infantry Regiment (USA)

Tillman, James

Toul (France)

Treaty of Versailles (1919)

trench raids

trench warfare

Tschirkey, Oscar

Tumulty, Joe

Turkish immigrants

Twain, Mark

28th Infantry Division

210th Prussian Reserve Regiment (Germany) 212th Reserve Regiment (Germany)

Tyler, John Paul

U-boats

United States Army: leadership field manuals in; pre-WWII expansion of

United States Army Center of Military History

United States Army War College Exposition (Washington, DC; 1929)

United States Congress

United States Senate

United States War Department

Vandieres (France)

Varennes (France)

Verdun (France)

Verdun, Battle of (1916)

Versailles, Treaty of (1919)

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)

Vickers machine gun

Viper (channel transport)

Vollmer, Paul Jürgen (“Kuno”): background of; battalion HQs of; defensive measures ordered by (Oct. 8, 1918); as German 1st Battalion, 120th Regiment commander; York heroism investigations and; York’s capture of

Waldorf Astoria Hotel (New York, NY)

Wareing, Fred

Warner, Harry

Warner, Jack

Warner Brothers Studio

War of 1812

Washington (DC)

Washington, George

Washington Post

Western Front; Canadian deployment to; 82nd Division moved to Lagny Sector of; German defenses along; German victory chances along; Meuse-Argonne Offensive along (1918) map; storm tactics used along; trench warfare at

West Wall

Wetherill, Richard

Wheeler, Burton

Wheeler, J. T.

Whittlesey, Charles

Wiler, Ralph

Wilhelm (Crown Prince of Germany and Prussia)

Wilhelm II (German Emperor; King of Prussia)

Wilkie, Wendell

Williams, Francis Asbury (“Frank”; father-in-law)

Williams, Frank M.

Williams, Gracie Loretta. See York, Gracie Williams (wife)

Williams, Guy

Williams, Sam

Wills, George

Wilson, Woodrow

Wine, William

Winter Garden (New York, NY)

Woevre Front

Woodfill, Sam

Woods, Joseph

World, The

World War I: AEF training following Armistice; Allied political aim during; Armistice (1918); end of; final AEF offensive of; Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916); geopolitical impact of; Germans as eager to quit; St. Mihiel Offensive (1918); US anti-interventionalism following; US enters (1917); US unpreparedness for; Verdun (1916). See also Meuse-Argonne Offensive (1918)

World War II: Sergeant York film and; Siegfried Line (West Wall); US enters (1941); York as supporter of US entrance into; York’s patriotic efforts during

Wright, H. N.

Wright, W. L.

Xivray-et-Marvoisin (France)

York, Albert (brother)

York, Alvin C.: alcohol problems of; ancestors of; appearance of; biographies of; birth of; character of; children of; death of; education of; employment of; family background; financial problems of; as head of household; health problems of; hunting/shooting skills of; legal problems of; marriage of; at Sergeant York premieres

York, Alvin C.—as Christian: Bible school of; Christianity type of; church involvement of; conversion to; criticism of; current significance of; film portrayal of; missionizing of; pacifist beliefs of; prayers of; press coverage of

York, Alvin C.—as WWI soldier: basic training (Camp Gordon, GA); Bible studies; conscientious objector application of; deployment to France; diary kept by (Ch. 2); draft notice; evaluations of; fellow soldiers; military records of; out-processing of; personal impact of; pistol type used by; as platoon shooting instructor; post-Armistice training period; prayers of; press coverage of; promotions of; return stateside (Ch. 8) (Ch. 9); rifle type used by; St. Mihiel Offensive (1918); transport to Argonne Forest

York, Alvin C.—as WWI war hero: AEF investigation of; book deals; Christian missionizing of; congressional appearance of; conspiracy theories behind; detractors; enduring significance of; farm provided as result of; film portrayal of (see also Sergeant York [film; 1941]); fundraising drive to support; furlough granted to; investigations of; medals awarded to; New York City ceremonies; notoriety used for common good; pay/benefits resulting from–17; political views of; portrait of; press coverage of; speaking engagements; Tennessee ceremonies; as US Army War College Expo guest of honor

York, Alvin C., Jr. (son)

York, Andrew Jackson (son)

York, George Edward Buxton (son)

York, Gerald (grandson)

York, Gracie Williams (wife); film portrayal of; at Sergeant York premieres; York first meets; York’s courtship of; York’s film negotiations and; York’s marriage to; York’s Pall Mall improvement plans and; York’s wartime correspondence with

York, Henry (brother)

York, Joe (brother)

York, Mary Brooks (mother); death of; family life; York’s drinking problems and; York’s postwar residence with; York’s return to Pall Mall and; at York’s wedding

York, Sam Houston (son)

York, William (father)

York, Woodrow Wilson (son)

York Chapel (Pall Mall, TN)

York Foundation

York Highway. See Sergeant York Highway (TN)

York Project

Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA)

Yugoslavia, Hitler’s invasion of

Zanuck, Darryl F.

Ziegfeld, Florenz (“Flo”)