Alvin Cullum York was born in the small town of Pall Mall (PAL MELL), Tennessee in 1887. Because of his religious convictions, he wanted nothing to do with the killing during World War I. But he had a change of heart and became the most highly decorated soldier from that war. Tom Nolan from the MTSU department of Geosciences has combined an interest in history with his knowledge of geographic information systems or GIS to pinpoint the location of Alvin York’s heroic actions.
Duration : 0:7:4
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