My wife is related to York, and she remembers York coming to the house on many occasions. Her Dad fought in The Bulge under Patton. The two cousins used to talk at the kitchen table. She remembers him as a nice old man.
Years ago, I was caving at a place close by Alvin York's grave. I remember passing the grave site on the way to the cave. This was back in the early 80's. The National Speleological Society was surveying a cave called Devil's Dungeon. What struck me was that little had changed since the movie. We parked in a creek bottom next to a cabin. The father was out with a mule, plowing the vegetable patch.
As a coincidence, I first saw this movie as a young boy many years ago.
My grandmother had always told us a story about a famous relative we had that was awarded medals for something he did during the war. One night, my parents told us we were allowed to stay up past bedtime to watch this movie about our famous relative, Sgt. York.
As I understand it, my maternal grandmother was a cousin of Alvin's mother. My grandmother's maiden name was "Bell" .
Have never met any from that side of the family.....
