On Oct. 8, 1918, while serving on the Western Front, Army Cpl. Alvin C. York led a charge against a German machine-gun position during World War I, which resulted in 20 enemy casualties attributed ...

On Oct. 8, 1918, while serving on the Western Front, Army Cpl. Alvin C. York led a charge against a German machine-gun position during World War I, which resulted in 20 enemy casualties attributed ...

The enduring image of World War I is the machine gun, and usually a German machine gun. It’s easy to see why. The Germans armed their troops with machine guns far more lavishly than their opponents.

Eventually American machine guns and British artillery fire cleared the German positions. By 5:30 p.m. the Americans reached their initial objective and dug in for the night.

Winters assigned each of his men a target and positioned his machine-gunners and mortar team to direct their firepower towards the German machine-gun. Winters gave the order to fire. All seven ...