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El M247 Sergeant York DIVAD (Division Air Defense; en español, «División de Defensa Aérea ») fue un cañón antiaéreo autopropulsado (CAA) desarrollado por Ford Aerospace a finales de los años setenta. Basado en el tanque M48 Patton, cambiaba la torreta del Patton por una nueva que incluía dos cañones de tiro rápido Bofors de 40 mm ...
Bélico. Drama Alvin C. York (Gary Cooper) es un joven y trabajador campesino que vive en una de las numerosas granjas de los montes de Cumberland, en el estado de Tennessee. Sólo tiene un defecto: la bebida. Alvin está enamorado de una muchacha llamada Gracie Williams (Joan Leslie), cuya familia de clase alta impide el matrimonio.
Sergeant Alvin York, 1919. Alvin Cullum York (* 13.Dezember 1887 in Pall Mall, Tennessee; † 2. September 1964 im „Veterans Hospital“ in Nashville, Tennessee) war einer der am höchsten dekorierten Soldaten der US Army im Ersten Weltkrieg. Er wurde für die Leitung eines Angriffs während der Meuse-Argonne-Offensive in Frankreich auf ein deutsches Maschinengewehrnest mit der Medal of ...
On October 8, 1918, after being pinned down in an attempt to capture a narrow-gauge railroad, York took his fateful walk into history. As the company sharp-shooter, he and 16 other soldiers under the command of Acting Sergeant Bernard Early were given the unenviable task of silencing the machine guns that halted the advance the day before.
SERGEANT YORK. Directed by. Howard Hawks. United States, 1941. Biography, Drama, History. 134. Synopsis. The true story of a hillbilly sharpshooter drafted in WW1 despite his claim to be a pacifist, who ends up becoming a war hero. Synopsis.
Alvin York left a strong and lasting legacy for the citizens of Tennessee and the nation. While most Americans' memory of him is inextricably linked to the Warner Sergeant York Movie Brothers' motion picture Sergeant York (1941), and Gary Cooper who portrayed him, York left much more. When asked on numerous occasions how he wanted to be remembered, York often said, "for
11 de oct. de 2010 · Sergeant York. Growing up in the Tennessee hills, Alvin York was equally renowned as a marksman and as a hard-drinking brawler. A dramatic New Year’s conversion convinced him that killing was against God’s will, and yet this shy, big-boned mountaineer singlehandedly dispatched two dozen Germans and captured 132 in the closing days of World ...
