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The 1941 drama
used Sergeant York’s real-life story of his heroics during World War I to uproot isolationist sentiment in the United States. (Everett Collection)
Everett Collection
The 1941 drama
used Sergeant York’s real-life story of his heroics during World War I to uproot isolationist sentiment in the United States. (Everett Collection)
Everett Collection