Jamestown, Tennessee
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Jamestown is a city in and the county seat of Fentress County, Tennessee, United States. The population of the city was 1,935 at the 2020 census.
Buildings along Main Street
Mark Twain Spring in Jamestown, used by Twain's parents circa 1827-1832
Alvin York
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Alvin Cullum York, also known by his rank as Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German m
Jamestown, Tennessee
…Neither of these companies were ever mustered into the armies they supported, and they spent most of their time fighting each other. World War I hero Sgt. Alvin C. York was born and raised in Fentress County. He built the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute, a high school in Jamestown. It is one of four state-funded…
York in uniform, 1919, wearing the Medal of Honor and French Croix de Guerre with Palm
328th Infantry Regiment line of advance in capture of Hill 223, October 7, 1918, 82nd Division, Argonne Forest, France. (World War I Signal Corps Collection)
Sergeant Alvin C. York by Frank Schoonover, 1919
Sergeant Alvin C. York at the hill where his actions earned him the Medal of Honor (February 7, 1919)