1:55:00
What made you decide
to change your mind?
1:55:04
Well, sir...
1:55:05
of course,
if you'd rather not tell me,
1:55:08
why, that's quite
all right.
1:55:09
I'm as much agin
killing as ever, sir,
1:55:12
but it was
this way, colonel.
1:55:13
When i started out,
i felt just like you said,
1:55:16
but when i heared them
machine guns a-going
1:55:19
and all them fellers
a-dropping around me,
1:55:21
i figured them guns was killing
hundreds, maybe thousands,
1:55:24
and there weren't nothing
anybody could do
1:55:26
but to stop them guns,
and that's what i done.
1:55:28
You mean to tell me
that you did it to" save ## lives?
1:55:32
Yes, sir.
That was why.
1:55:37
Well, york,
what you've just told me
1:55:39
is the most extraordinary
thing of all.
1:55:46
Sergeant york.
1:56:14
Thank you, sir.
1:56:17
And for conspicuous
gallantry
1:56:19
beyond the call of duty,
1:56:20
you have been awarded
the distinguished service cross.
1:56:27
Sergeant york,
i am proud
1:56:28
that you were
of the all-american division.
1:56:31
It's a privilege
to command such men as you.
1:56:38
Sergeant york,
as commander in chief
1:56:40
of the american
expeditionary forces,
1:56:42
it is my pleasure
to confer upon you
1:56:44
the united states
congressional medal of honor
1:56:47
for heroism
beyond the call of duty.
1:56:52
Thank you, sir.