His Own Life Story And War Diary

By Tom Skeyhill

This little book ought to be read by Americans everywhere, both because Sergeant York is a national possession, and also because it teaches the priceless value of individual character and may warn us here in America from allowing our children, who have to use machines, from being themselves made into machines.
His is the story of Sergeant Alvin C. York of Tennessee, the outstanding hero of the World War and one of the greatest individual fighters in the history of modern or legendary warfare. In the heart of the Argonne Forest on October 8, 1918, practically unassisted, he whipped an entire German machine-gun battalion, killing twenty-eight of the enemy, capturing thirty-five machine guns and with the help of a handful of doughboys bringing in one hundred and thirty-two prisoners.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Skeyhill Press
• Release date: Apr 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9781473389328

Tom Skeyhill

Tom Skeyhill, born January 10, 1895 in Victoria, Australia, was a writer, soldier, and lecturer. He was member of the 8th Battalion, Australian Imperial force, until he was blinded in battle by an exploding shell. Following his military career, he began to write poetry.  Skeyhill traveled around the world, reciting his poetry and raising money for the Red Cross Society. After a lecture at Carnegie Hall, Theodore Roosevelt said that he was ”the finest soldier speaker in the world.”