[Oatka]

On Oct. 8, 1918, York drew his pistol after emptying his Enfield rifle at the enemy. Then he was rushed by the bayonet charge

I read that when York was asked how he was able to shoot six guys who were charging him, he replied that he knew if he shot the first guy, the rest would stop and shoot him. So . . . he started with the last guy and worked his way up the line to No. 1.

When I read that, my admiration for this man's cool thinking went through the roof. How many of us would have been calm enough to make that decision in the heat of battle?

[Buffalo Head]

I have read that he hunted grouse as a youngster. If there were several in a tree, he'd start with the bottom one and work upwards. If he shot the top one first, it would fall past the others and spook them.

Knowledge was behind his courage.

[Pollster1]

York would have been a fun guy to know.

[OKSooner]

"Sergeant York" with Gary Cooper was one of the greatest war movies ever made.

"Now, say that this line of cartridges (arranges 30-06 cartridges standing up on a table in a line) is a line of wild turkeys, moving this way. Which one do you shoot first?"