The York Patrol Bags & Purses the Doughboys of the Great

the Doughboys of the Great War were its most loyal proponents

Wild gales battered the wreck into the shape of an accordion

Its use has ended in miscarriages

but they disrupted war production and succeeded in diverting personnel

It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our times—modernism in the arts

The York Patrol Bags & Purses the Doughboys of the GreatDescription by James Carl Nelson Paperback October 8, 1918 was a banner day for heroes of the American Expeditionary Force. Thirteen men performed heroic deeds that would earn them Medals of Honor. Of this group, one man emerged as the single greatest American hero of the Great War: Alvin Cullum York. A poor young farmer from Tennessee, Sergeant York was said to have single handedly killed two dozen Germans and captured another 132 of the enemy plus