Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne

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307 Index Page numbers in italics refer to photographs. The names of military units appear in alphabetical rather than numerical order; for example, “166th Infantry Regiment” appears before “110th Infantry Regiment.” aircraft, 120, 122, 125–26 Aire River, 81, 88, 94 Aix les Bans (France), 127 Allan Line, 45 Alvin C. York Industrial Institute (Jamestown, TN): building of, 166–67; fundraising for, 7, 163, 166, 168–69, 171; IRS and, 188; local opposition to, 167–68; opening of, 167; Tennessee state takeover of, 168; York’s vision for, 160, 162–63 America First Committee (AFC), 6, 174–75, 185–86, 271nn2, 4 American Battle Monuments Commission, 234n9 American Expeditionary Forces: aircraft used by, 125–26; Allied victory chances and, 49; casualties suffered by, 65, 71, 77; combat readiness of, 49; divisions comprising, 76; final offensive of, 126–27; as independent American army, 49–51; Medal of Honor policies, 134; MeuseArgonne Offensive (1918), 67–69, 76, 81 map; Pershing as commander of, 37, 50; personnel advantage, 69; revival meetings of, 133; St. Mihiel Offensive (1918), 60–66; tactics of criticized, 136; training deficit of, 30–31, 55, 71, 72; training of, in France, 128–32; veterans of, 164; York heroism investigated by, 169. See also individual units American Legion, 132, 188 American Legion Band, 184, 185 American Optical Universal Comparison Microscope, 210 Amerikaner Nest, 72. See also Lost Battalion Amiens (France), 48 Andrew Jackson Hotel (Nashville, TN), 178–79 anti-interventionalism, 5–6, 174– 75, 176, 185–87 anti-Semitism, 186, 271n4, 277n90 Apremont Heights (France), 82, 88 Argonne Forest (France), 77–78; AEF advance into, 81 map, 93; AEF rest areas in, 126, 127; author’s research at, 196–97, 204; German defenses in, 3–4, 79, 82–86, 93, 94–95, 117–18; German supply network in, 82, 86–87, 102–3, 119; German withdrawal from, 115–16, 118, 119; last German attack in, 118; Sergeant York Historic Trail in, 191. See also Châtel Chéhéry (France)—York’s heroic actions near (Oct. 8, 1918); MeuseArgonne Offensive (1918) 308 Index Arlington National Cemetery, York speech at (1941), 176–77 Asbury, Francis, 225n59 Asbury College (Wilmore, KY), 165 Astor Theater (New York, NY), 184 Augusta (GA), 35 Augustine, Saint, 38, 39–40 Australian-New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), 149 Austria, Hitler’s occupation of, 177 Austrian immigrants, 231n2 Austro-Hungarian Empire, 77, 161 Auzeville (France), 74–76 Baker, Newton D., 151, 163, 268n16 Bald Rock (KY), Blind Tigers in, 16, 224–25n45 ballistic firearms forensics, 199 balloons, 122 Bank of Jamestown (Jamestown, TN), 167 Baptists, 11 Bar le Duc (France), 73 Bast (German captain), 86 Battalion Müller (Germany), 97 battlefield archeology, 199–208 Bayer (German adjutant), 96 Beardsley, Percy, 126; during Châtel Chéhéry battle (Oct. 8, 1918), 100, 106, 107; during Châtel Chéhéry bayonet attack (Oct. 8, 1918), 3, 109, 214–15, 249n67; Chauchat machine gun of, 107, 107, 124; in Lindsey commendations report, 172; pistol of, 109, 214– 15; York heroism investigation and, 134, 139, 249n63 Beattie, Taylor, 194–95, 196 Beautiful View Hill (Hill 180; France), 81 map, 82, 89–90, 91, 115 Belgian Army, 69 Belgium, 39, 174 Bethell, H. K., 52 Birdwell, Michael, 197–98 “Blind Tigers” (KY/TN drinking establishments), 14–18, 36 Bordeaux (France), 141–43, 142 Boston (MA), 45 Bowman, Ronald, 194–95 Boyd, R. L., 139 Boyle (1st Battalion major), 123 Boy Scouts, 184, 185 Bradley, Omar, 185, 187 Brennan, Walter, 181 British Army Ration, 55, 233n47 British Expeditionary Force, 52 Brittain, Vera, 67 Brown, R. D., 189 Bulgaria, 77 Bulgarian immigrants, 231n2 Buren, E. J., 163, 164, 165 Burkhalter, Edwin, 139 Burnham, William P., 32, 33, 73–74, 75 Butz (German company commander), 86 Buxton, G. Edward: as American Legion founder, 132; as Christian, 34, 38; as 82nd Division staff member, 65, 172; film portrayal of, 183– 84; Merrithew (Cutting) and, 172; as 2nd Battalion commander, 34, 58; at Sergeant York premieres, 184; St. Mihiel Offensive (1918), 62; York battlefield site map of, 171, 193; York’s pacifist beliefs and, 2, 38–40, 41, 230n95, 231n100 Index 309 California, USS, 232n11. See also San Diego, USS Campbell, Marvin, 165 Camp Claiborne (LA), 185, 187 Camp de Bouzon (Varennes, France), 127 Camp Gordon (GA): conscientious objectors at, 38; fellow Christians at, 36–37; official songbook of, 32; topography of, 29; training schools at, 31; York’s leave of absence from, 41...