Sergeant Alvin C. York Statue - Nashville, Tennessee - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Statue depicts Sergeant York standing with his rifle in a shooting position. He is wearing a World War I army uniform and helmet. The base of the statue is inscribed:

Front:

ALVIN C. YORK
ARMED WITH HIS RIFLE AND PISTOL, HIS COURAGE AND SKILL THIS ONE TENNESSEAN
SILENCED A GERMAN BATTALION OF 35 MACHINE GUNS KILLING 25 ENEMY SOLDIERS AND
CAPTURING 132 IN THE ARGONNE FOREST OF FRANCE, OCTOBER 8, 1918.

Left Side:

ALVIN C. YORK
1887-1964
PALL MALL FENTRESS COUNTY
TENNESSEE

Right Side:

FELIX DE WELDON
SCULPTOR
MONUMENT ERECTED 1968
BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE

Back:

WHAT YOU DID WAS THE GREATEST THING ACCOMPLISHED
BY ANY PRIVATE SOLDIER OF ALL THE ARMIES OF EUROPE.
MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ALLIED ARMIES

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