Episode #15: Heroism in the Great War (Doug Mastriano)
b"October marked the centennial of the start of the Meuse-Argonne campaign, the last great battle of World War I. Last month, Providence Executive Editor Marc LiVecche toured the battlefields of the Argonne with Col. Doug Mastriano, US Army (Ret.). They followed the movements of Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Alvin York, whose extraordinary valor on October 8, 1918, helped turn the tide of the battle, and thereby the war. They discuss the battle and wider campaign, York's transition from pacifist to combat hero, and Doug's work researching and building the Sgt. York Commemorative Trail in France.\\n\\nDoug also wrote an article in our Summer 2017 issue of the print edition about Sgt. York, \\u201cServing God or Caesar: Sergeant York and the Morality of War,\\u201d which you can read at https://providencemag.com/2018/01/serving-god-caesar-sergeant-alvin-york-morality-war/"