Home Page About Us Contact Us Alvin C. York Robert E. Lee Teddy Roosevelt Todd & Lisa Beamer Tom & Cheryl McGuinness ChristianLegacy.Info: Alvin York Alvin Cullem York was a plain, backwoodsman from Tennesee who's Christian character used to be proudly taught in the schools of our land. York became a celebrated WWI hero after single-handedly accomplished the "impossible" feat of capturing 30+ entrenched German machine gun nests & over 130 prisoners, in addition to killing about 25 German soldiers. When asked how he managed to do it without so much as a scratch, York replied, "Well, I reckon th'Good Lord was a-protectin' me." Important Dates in Alvin C. York's Life Pictures of Alvin C. York Collection of Quotes by Alvin C. York York's War-time Diary The Legacy of Alvin C. York by Dr. Michael Birdwell Article on York in the Tennesean