“Okay, you got me, I might not be 100% on the definition of ‘pacifist.’”
~Alvin York
If there’s one thing to learn from the respective budgets and box office grosses of Terminator compared to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, it’s that sometimes the sequel is going to get more press than the original. Such was the case with the World Wars. While World War I was a massively horrific war, with over 15 million deaths, it tends to get overshadowed by World War II (which killed off 2.5% of the freaking world’s population). So when we hear war stories, there tends to be a focus on the “Teddy Roosevelt’s son storming Normandy” and less on the “holy shit there were battles in World War I with nearly two million casualties” side of things.
But while World War II made for more daring tales of American badassery, we wouldn’t be doing our nation’s history justice without mentioning one of the arguably most famous American veterans of World War I. That would be Alvin C. York, the former (boo) alcoholic (yay!) Sergeant who ended up being one of the most decorated American soldiers in the whole war. Because while he considered himself a man of peace, as you can clearly tell, his moustache alone could clear an enemy machine gun nest.
That’s why we’re here to salute…
Alvin C. York: The Rambo of World War
Boom. Ladies, if you just stared into the eyes of this picture, you are now six months pregnant.
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