This is what the French General is saying: "For brave conduct for accomplishing one of the greatest acts by a soldier in the Allied Armies, I Marshal Foch award you the Military Medal."
My mother was watching this movie on 12/07/1941 when it was interrupted and the theater manager came out to announce the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, ushering in WWII. All across the nation this was happening as "Sergeant York" was premiering in theaters and going to the movies on Sunday was a national ritual.
My mother was with her family on Sand Island quarantine station Honolulu. Her father was the Commanding Officer for the Hawaiian territory for the Public Health Service. My fathers father was stationed, and still aboard, USS Arizona.
The Medal of Honor cannot be bought, sold, or duplicated, so the studio prop dept. could not supply it for the award sequence. The studio requested one on loan from the War Dept. to film the scene.
longtrang1 The Medal of Honor is not for sale on that website, nor can it be bought anywhere legally. It is the only US Military award that has that protection. According to 18 US Code 704 illegal possession of the Medal of Honor can result in a fine and a year in prison.
lol......i remember a clip when he said he didn't know what all the hoopla was about when he was just doing his duty.....some of his men said that he was embarrassed at all the medal's he got.....Now that was a humble man
Great movie! It's not always the case that a hero gets his medals while he's alive, so many CMH winners are recognized posthumously. I watched this movie a number of times and it's always great.
The part of General Pershing was played by Joseph W. Girard. Pity. I would have loved to see old Black Jack, himself. He did appear in a documentary in 1916 called “Following the Flag in Mexico”. He played himself. Also playing himself in that film was Pancho Villa!
I was at The Alvin C York Veterans Hospital yesterday. The campus it sets on is over 400 acres. It has it's own golf course, trout pond gym, swimming pool, movie theater, and cafe. I'm probably forgetting something but the place is huge. Oh a Starbucks too along with the medical facility.
I love this movie and notice the song at 1:15. "Dixie" used to be considered a patriotic song. Of course this was when soldiers on both sides of the Civil War were respected.
Minor error here. The Medal of Honor is simply called that, not the Congressional Medal of Honor although it was created by an act of Congress in 1862. Pershing was a career army officer and would have known that. He was still alive when this came out (died in 1948, this peremiered in 1941), wonder what he thought of that mistake and actor Joseph W. Girard portrayal of him.
One thing I've wondered about: York's Distinguished Service Cross was upgraded to the Medal of Honor. Did he have to return his DSC, or would he have been allowed to keep it, only not wear it? (In the film, he's shown wearing both awards at the same time, but I suspect that's just an error.)
Since the MOH was an upgrading of his Distinguished Service Cross, the DSC would have been returned and replaced with the MOF. The scene where he receives the MOH shows him still wearing the DSC. Photos of him in uniform in real life wearing the MOH show him with the Croix de Guerre, but not the DSC. The DSC is not listed in his list of awards. The medal between the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix is the French Medaille Militaire.
My father a WW11 vet had told me of these back woods boys while in boot camp that were brought up hunting for food to survive that were crack shots held for sniper training, he said they could hit shit you couldn’t see with iron sights.
"World War 11", hasn't been fought yet! When you refer to the "Global Conflicts" that have been fought on this planet. They are WWI, and WWII, Respectively
Coming from the UK, to be frank, it does not surprise me that they did not. After this war, they treated their own veterans like crap and reneged on all the promises they made them. It is one of the reasons why Churchill was booted out of office after the second one.
Wait what? Is it me or does the officer at 0:33 sound English? And it sounds like God save the Queen/King playing in the background. Did the movie just add this?
@@tvideo1189 If I understand correctly, _at the time_ it was called the Congressional Medal of Honor. They dropped the Congress part during WW2 if memory serves. UPDATE: After some digging, officially it is _just_ Medal of Honor. However, since it's an award that requires congress to approve of (it's typically presented by the POTUS though. However someone appointed by them can present it), you can refer to it as either one or the other, and still be correct.
@@Tank50us No, it is NOT "correct" to mis-identify this country's highest award. Perpetrating a mistake doesn't mean the mistake is suddenly correct. It was NEVER the "congressional" medal of honor, it was, and has been since the first, the Medal Of Honor. CWO4, USN(Ret.)
Rikki0 And don't you love what the REAL Sgt. York told the Secretary of War upon hearing of the $200,000.00 worth of endorsements he was offered when he got back? He said, and I QOUTE: "This here's Uncle Sam's Uniform. It ain't for sale!" That's a FAR CRY from what that 24 karat bullshit FRAUD Jessica Lynch, the 8 day P.O.W. did, isn't it!?
Yes, he commanded a troop of the 10th cavalry, an all black regiment (colored regiment). Segregated units like this were commanded by white officers, so Pershing ended up here. He was noted for sending positive reports about the troops under his command. It was though at the time he was over-generous, but looking back on it now, it is clear that most oficets in such positions had a low opinion of ‘colored’ troops to start with, and their reports reflected that. Pershing had a clear head, and appreciated good soldering, and this was reflected in his reports, rather than the prejudices of the time. It ended up with him being known as Black Jack, and the name stuck. The meaning became obscure, and by the time of the first war, some newspapers incorrectly reported the name was because Pershing hit the enemy like a blackjack. Pershing paid no attention to all this, and just kept on soldering.
The MH citation, from Army records: YORK, ALVIN C. Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company G, 328th Infantry, 82d Division. Place and date: Near Chatel-Chehery, France, 8 October 1918. Entered service at: Pall Mall, Tenn. Born: 13 December 1887, Fentress County, Tenn. G.O. No.: 59, W.D., 1919. Citation: After his platoon had suffered heavy casualties and 3 other noncommissioned officers had become casualties, Corporal. York assumed command. Fearlessly leading 7 men, he charged with great daring a machinegun nest which was pouring deadly and incessant fire upon his platoon. In this heroic feat the machinegun nest was taken, together with 4 officers and 128 men and several guns. -end- Get that? Besides the machine gun nest, he picked up 128 men and their officers! Not that it was group by group; if he had run across them all at once, they might have realized they had him outnumbered. He was on a roll, that day! Some might say he was lucky, but I say luck like that only comes to those who have the colossal nerve to go and look for it.
He said to them, “From this hour, whoever has a money bag should take it and thus also a wallet, and whoever lacks a sword, let him sell his tunic and buy a sword for himself.
@geoffreyswain1490 In 1951 the Internal Revenue Service claimed that Mr. York owed $172,000 in taxes and interest on the royalties he received from the movie.
It is sad this great move got the Medal of Honor cut wrong. There is no such thing as a "Congressional Medal Of Honor". This nations highest award for valor in the face of the enemy is simply the "Medal Of Honor". No "Congressional" anywhere in the name. CWO4, USN(Ret)
Gary Cooper looks embarrassed when Marshal Foch kisses him.He should be honored because Foch was the Eisenhower of WW1 but the actor who plays him looks like a tramp.Foch was Marshal of France,Great Britain and Poland.
As a side note: Many who’ve studied the 1918 “Spanish Flu” believe that it’s origin can be traced to Camp Funston, a US Army training camp located on Ft. Riley, near Manhattan, Kansas. In March of 1918 over 500 men fell ill from the disease and because the camp wasn’t quarantined it quickly spread to other US Army bases, then on to Europe, and in time to nearly every corner of the globe.
He didn't capture 125 German troops, his platoon stubbled into a valley of old starving germans and they had to carry many of them back to the allied line, then the press wanted a hero and made him into one.
Well years and years ago I painted in the summer while going to college with an old man that was there. He told me that a lot of guys in his platoon had to carry those old starving German soldiers out because they couldn't walk.
I live in Tennessee down the road from Jamestown, all of them have passed away, but many old army troops that were there years ago would tell about how mad they were making York a hero. Telling how we had to carry a lot of those old starving Germans out of there that were to weak to walk. Now other parts of the story maybe true.
@Texas Panhandle XIT Ranch I don't think this movie would be so popular if they showed the real war. Wasn't it the Germans that used poison gas and flame throwers ? Poison has caused painful blisters and.damaged your lungs many that lived were left disabled.
This is what the French General is saying:
"For brave conduct for accomplishing one of the greatest acts by a soldier in the Allied Armies, I Marshal Foch award you the Military Medal."
Thank you for the translation
What they should be saying: "Because of the folly of European politicians leading their people into a bloody, needless war..."
@@PersonaIncognitobecause of the German*
merci beacoup!
My mother was watching this movie on 12/07/1941 when it was interrupted and the theater manager came out to announce the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, ushering in WWII. All across the nation this was happening as "Sergeant York" was premiering in theaters and going to the movies on Sunday was a national ritual.
I bet your mother thought; what and where is Pearl Harbor? Before the war most had never heard of Pearl.
Must have been your guys version of 9/11, and my grandmother's.
My mother was with her family on Sand Island quarantine station Honolulu. Her father was the Commanding Officer for the Hawaiian territory for the Public Health Service. My fathers father was stationed, and still aboard, USS Arizona.
Did she bring an empty jam jar or just buy a ticket 🎟️😂
To be pedantic WWII had already been underway for two years by the time of Pearl Harbor
A humble Christian and American patriot.
Definitely a protestant.
A Christian.. Maybe.
@@Kitiwake Protestants ARE Christians...
Also a racist.
WWI was a result of its leaders being evil.
@@Kitiwake so speaks someone that would not know a Christian if he stumbled over one. York was VERY religious and definitely a Christian
The actor portraying General Pershing was a great choice. He really does resemble Pershing.
i live right up the road from his home...hes still a massive legend in these parts.
I was at the Alvin C York Veterans Hospital yesterday
@@charlesfoutch1132 where is that located in Tennessee?
@@bassinbillRC5300 Murfreesboro TN
And they take donations.
And, just saying, they are fully deductible donations.
He is still a Hero here in Texas too!!
The Medal of Honor cannot be bought, sold, or duplicated, so the studio prop dept. could not supply it for the award sequence. The studio requested one on loan from the War Dept. to film the scene.
no you can't and if you get caught trying or make one yourself they WILL throw you in prison.
A number of places sell them online. Like this one: www.medalsofamerica.com/military-medals
longtrang1 The Medal of Honor is not for sale on that website, nor can it be bought anywhere legally. It is the only US Military award that has that protection. According to 18 US Code 704 illegal possession of the Medal of Honor can result in a fine and a year in prison.
longtrang1 They don’t sell them, it is illegal to do so.
@@GoldRushMedia2023 Nope, they have the #2 medals such as the Navy Cross but they don't have the Medal of Honor.
lol......i remember a clip when he said he didn't know what all the hoopla was about when he was just doing his duty.....some of his men said that he was embarrassed at all the medal's he got.....Now that was a humble man
Great movie! It's not always the case that a hero gets his medals while he's alive, so many CMH winners are recognized posthumously. I watched this movie a number of times and it's always great.
There's no such thing as the CMH, there is only the MoH (Medal of Honor). Look it up in credible sources NOT Hollywood entertainment.
It is NOT a contest... the Medal of Honor is NOT won. It is AWARDED to a person who has distinguished themselves by acts of valor.
Yes. Classic mistake about the MH, or any medal.
This man was a true HERO! It is a pity there are not more men like him today.
Please look up Marvin Shields when you have the time .
He was the right man at the right time. That's all a hero really is. I see heros everyday.
Probably, Sgt. York would agree with you.
There have been and are. Bless them all.
Lest we forget.
🦘🇦🇺👍🫡
That guy looked so much like Blackjack, he could have gone onto any base and got the royal treatment!
Because that was John j Pershing , he did a cameo for this movie
@@thebeanzgriffins2346 next you're going to tell me that was actually Ferdinantd Foch
@@hagamapama no the French officer said he was presenting York the Cross de Guerre on behalf of Foch.
@@JeepWrangler1957 sorry for the late reply but when that French general said “moi” that means I in French so he is basically saying “I, Marshal Foch”
The part of General Pershing was played by Joseph W. Girard.
Pity. I would have loved to see old Black Jack, himself.
He did appear in a documentary in 1916 called “Following the Flag in Mexico”. He played himself.
Also playing himself in that film was Pancho Villa!
Yeah, but he goes home; and all he wants is a piece of "bottom land."
Yes, HER bottom land.
@@bellator3691 Well, he got that too.
@@morefiction3264 at least 8 times. 2 sadly wouldn't live long, but the other 6 lived long and happy lives
I was at The Alvin C York Veterans Hospital yesterday. The campus it sets on is over 400 acres. It has it's own golf course, trout pond gym, swimming pool, movie theater, and cafe. I'm probably forgetting something but the place is huge. Oh a Starbucks too along with the medical facility.
I love this movie and notice the song at 1:15. "Dixie" used to be considered a patriotic song. Of course this was when soldiers on both sides of the Civil War were respected.
Qethsegol why should traitorous losers be respected?
1822138 Because according to the Veterans Administration, Confederate soldiers ARE considered American military service veterans. Get over it.
@@ruadhrose Since when? That's NEVER been the truth.
@@baconcoghill 1957, U.S. Public Law 85-425, Sec 410, Approved 23 May, 1958
In Section 432, 3e.
Look stuff up before trying to call someone out.
@@MaefigHistory Want to actually read that?
Minor error here. The Medal of Honor is simply called that, not the Congressional Medal of Honor although it was created by an act of Congress in 1862. Pershing was a career army officer and would have known that. He was still alive when this came out (died in 1948, this peremiered in 1941), wonder what he thought of that mistake and actor Joseph W. Girard portrayal of him.
One thing I've wondered about: York's Distinguished Service Cross was upgraded to the Medal of Honor. Did he have to return his DSC, or would he have been allowed to keep it, only not wear it? (In the film, he's shown wearing both awards at the same time, but I suspect that's just an error.)
@@TorontoJediMaster No, under military uniform and decoration regulations you are still allowed to have both and display both.
Omg at 0:59 he really looks like General Pershing.
Apparently that *was* Blackjack Pershing.
It was Joseph W Girard, an actor.
Makes me cry every time!
Since the MOH was an upgrading of his Distinguished Service Cross, the DSC would have been returned and replaced with the MOF. The scene where he receives the MOH shows him still wearing the DSC. Photos of him in uniform in real life wearing the MOH show him with the Croix de Guerre, but not the DSC. The DSC is not listed in his list of awards. The medal between the Distinguished Service Cross and the Croix is the French Medaille Militaire.
My father a WW11 vet had told me of these back woods boys while in boot camp that were brought up hunting for food to survive that were crack shots held for sniper training, he said they could hit shit you couldn’t see with iron sights.
"World War 11", hasn't been fought yet!
When you refer to the "Global Conflicts" that have been fought on this planet.
They are WWI, and WWII, Respectively
@@WalterDWormack214 - Get off your fn stupid horse and report to detention.
@@zora_noamflannery2548 Take your OWN advice.
When you leave the basement, do mom a favor, and pick up after yourself.
Sgt. York always regretted that Great Britain awarded him nothing, particularly since his ancestry was English.
Coming from the UK, to be frank, it does not surprise me that they did not. After this war, they treated their own veterans like crap and reneged on all the promises they made them. It is one of the reasons why Churchill was booted out of office after the second one.
well he wasn't British. The French awarding him is understandable since the battle happened on their soil.
He also was awarded the Croce di Guerra al Merito from Italy and the Order of Prince Danilo I from Montenegro.
Wait what? Is it me or does the officer at 0:33 sound English? And it sounds like God save the Queen/King playing in the background. Did the movie just add this?
@@alekzander2010 I think its "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" it uses the same melody as "god save"
One of the few times you see the Alcoholics Anonymous patch and no "airborne" tab above it.
A real American hero.
Contrary to popular belief, the official title is simply the Medal of Honor, not the Congressional Medal of Honor.
The change in nomenclature happened in the recent past; at the time it was awarded to York, the longer name was correct.
It 's a very common mistake.
@@rysallc4344 No, it was not. It was NEVER officially called Congressional Medal Of Honor. Quit posting garbage information. CWO4, USN(Ret)
A Great movie to own on DVD ...one of my Top Five Military movies I own on DVD
God bless Alvin C York ..................
Whats your preference? Top or bottom land? I like the top...just say'n
...the greatest...
where are the heros for kids to look up to today 🇺🇸
Sergeant York's friend, Army 2nd Lt. Garlin Conner was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor yesterday.
They are at the LGBT awards ceremony in Hollywood!
Please look up Marvin Shields when you have the time.
There is no such thing as the "Congressional Medal of Honor". That's Hollywood. It simply: Medal of Honor.
But it is presented by congress so its fine either way.
@@mikepowell8611 No, it is NOT "fine" to mis-label this country's highest award for valor.
@@tvideo1189 If I understand correctly, _at the time_ it was called the Congressional Medal of Honor. They dropped the Congress part during WW2 if memory serves.
UPDATE: After some digging, officially it is _just_ Medal of Honor. However, since it's an award that requires congress to approve of (it's typically presented by the POTUS though. However someone appointed by them can present it), you can refer to it as either one or the other, and still be correct.
@@Tank50us No, it is NOT "correct" to mis-identify this country's highest award. Perpetrating a mistake doesn't mean the mistake is suddenly correct. It was NEVER the "congressional" medal of honor, it was, and has been since the first, the Medal Of Honor. CWO4, USN(Ret.)
A extremely rare breed this days
That really was blackjack Pershing in that awards clip wasnt it?
Afraid not. It was an actor named Joseph W. Girard. But I will give you that he was a dead ringer for Pershing. I had to look it up myself.
Rikki0 And don't you love what the REAL Sgt. York told the Secretary of War upon hearing of the $200,000.00 worth of endorsements he was offered when he got back? He said, and I QOUTE: "This here's Uncle Sam's Uniform. It ain't for sale!" That's a FAR CRY from what that 24 karat bullshit FRAUD Jessica Lynch, the 8 day P.O.W. did, isn't it!?
Do you know how he got that nick name
Yes, he commanded a troop of the 10th cavalry, an all black regiment (colored regiment). Segregated units like this were commanded by white officers, so Pershing ended up here.
He was noted for sending positive reports about the troops under his command. It was though at the time he was over-generous, but looking back on it now, it is clear that most oficets in such positions had a low opinion of ‘colored’ troops to start with, and their reports reflected that. Pershing had a clear head, and appreciated good soldering, and this was reflected in his reports, rather than the prejudices of the time.
It ended up with him being known as Black Jack, and the name stuck. The meaning became obscure, and by the time of the first war, some newspapers incorrectly reported the name was because Pershing hit the enemy like a blackjack. Pershing paid no attention to all this, and just kept on soldering.
I wonder where they did the France scene since France was occupied during the making of the film.
Very thankful
If you look up the word "hero" in the dictionary, there will be a picture of Alvin C. York, next to the entry.
Notice how is is spelled heroe in the newspaper headlines at the end of the clip.
Those are foreign newspapers.
Gary Cooper was the original Harrison Ford
That what you call a true gentleman.
And they played Dixie.
The MH citation, from Army records:
YORK, ALVIN C.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company G, 328th Infantry, 82d Division.
Place and date: Near Chatel-Chehery, France, 8 October 1918.
Entered service at: Pall Mall, Tenn.
Born: 13 December 1887, Fentress County, Tenn.
G.O. No.: 59, W.D., 1919.
Citation: After his platoon had suffered heavy casualties and 3 other noncommissioned officers had become casualties, Corporal. York assumed command. Fearlessly leading 7 men, he charged with great daring a machinegun nest which was pouring deadly and incessant fire upon his platoon. In this heroic feat the machinegun nest was taken, together with 4 officers and 128 men and several guns.
-end-
Get that? Besides the machine gun nest, he picked up 128 men and their officers! Not that it was group by group; if he had run across them all at once, they might have realized they had him outnumbered.
He was on a roll, that day! Some might say he was lucky, but I say luck like that only comes to those who have the colossal nerve to go and look for it.
He said to them, “From this hour, whoever has a money bag should take it and thus also a wallet, and whoever lacks a sword, let him sell his tunic and buy a sword for himself.
And the Bible said:
“Judas went and hanged himself.”
“Go, you, and do likewise.”
“And whatsoever thou doeth, do it quickly”.
What is the song at the end called?
The true song of York’s native atate, Dixie.
What the IRS did to Sgt York later in life was appalling.
What did they do can you explain
@geoffreyswain1490 In 1951 the Internal Revenue Service claimed that Mr. York owed $172,000 in taxes and interest on the royalties he received from the movie.
@@jerrydoyle516 What a surprise.
The M1 carbine was said to be needed because the only GI to kill an enemy with a colt 45 was Sgt York...😉
0:20 - 0:25
Look at the expression on York’s face. This country boy from Tennessee was not expecting the French way of awarding a medal.
It is sad this great move got the Medal of Honor cut wrong. There is no such thing as a "Congressional Medal Of Honor". This nations highest award for valor in the face of the enemy is simply the "Medal Of Honor". No "Congressional" anywhere in the name. CWO4, USN(Ret)
So he was in the 82nd?
Yep. 82nd all the way.
At 0:48 why would a British officer make an American salute?
Courtesy . Something rarely practiced these days.
He is not a British office but Major General George B. Duncan CO of the 82nd division (well technically an actor playing General Duncan).
badass 0:50
He sure was a amazing Man and the Medal that was given to him by the American General John Purshing is the Equivalent to the English Victoria Cross
"All the way !"
Now Fort Bragg has some bullshit name
Grandpappy did good😁☝️👊🇺🇸
Gary Cooper looks embarrassed when Marshal Foch kisses him.He should be honored because Foch was the Eisenhower of WW1 but the actor who plays him looks like a tramp.Foch was Marshal of France,Great Britain and Poland.
AA stands for Atletic Alcoholics.
All American 🇺🇸
they piched a great look-alike to paly "Black Jack" Pershing.
82nd airborne precursors
complete with the Alcoholics Anonymous patch
The York
There is no Congressional Medal of Honor, just Medal of Honor.
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No more hero's any more
There are still heroes. They just aren't honored like they used to be.
Please look up Marvin Shields when you have the time.
They sure weren't taking their "Social Distancing" seriously in 1918 with the Spanish Flu floating around! 😉
It actually started in the USA.
@@khankrum1 That has nothing to do with what I said!
As a side note:
Many who’ve studied the 1918 “Spanish Flu” believe that it’s origin can be traced to Camp Funston, a US Army training camp located on Ft. Riley, near Manhattan, Kansas.
In March of 1918 over 500 men fell ill from the disease and because the camp wasn’t quarantined it quickly spread to other US Army bases, then on to Europe, and in time to nearly every corner of the globe.
Don't make em like this anymore
He didn't capture 125 German troops, his platoon stubbled into a valley of old starving germans and they had to carry many of them back to the allied line, then the press wanted a hero and made him into one.
Later (like 10 years?) one of his platoon was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and another was awarded the Silver Star.
Not quite right, there are several accurate reports online, and they do not say that.
Well years and years ago I painted in the summer while going to college with an old man that was there. He told me that a lot of guys in his platoon had to carry those old starving German soldiers out because they couldn't walk.
I live in Tennessee down the road from Jamestown, all of them have passed away, but many old army troops that were there years ago would tell about how mad they were making York a hero. Telling how we had to carry a lot of those old starving Germans out of there that were to weak to walk. Now other parts of the story maybe true.
@@robtankbuster5215 Sad when someone feels a need to lie about things. And what you claim is a lie. Look at the post at the start of the comments
Sad a kid stole his rifle and pack
weJ propaganda
Great soldier but still not a US Marine
Please look up Marvin Shield when you have the time.
Please look up ‘spam’ when you have a moment.
Killing people and getting a piece of shiny metal junk. Bravo..
That nice soft freedom you so eagerly abuse isn't free. There's a price. Respect those who pay it.
you must be young
Brave men and women die for your freedom of speech get out of this country you coward bastard
And they didn't show the real war where poison gas.And flame throwers were used.
@Texas Panhandle XIT Ranch I don't think this movie would be so popular if they showed the real war. Wasn't it the Germans that used poison gas and flame throwers ? Poison has caused painful blisters and.damaged your lungs many that lived were left disabled.