Russell J. York
Military Person
1921 – 2006
Who was Russell J. York?
Russell J. York a native of Waterville, Maine served in World War II in 1942-1945 as a combat medic assigned to the 4th Engineer Battalion of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. He landed at Utah Beach on D-Day under the command of Gen. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and with the U.S. 22d Infantry Regiment served in the campaigns in Northern France, Rhineland, Battle of the Bulge and Central Europe.
York was interviewed in 2005 for the Veterans' History Project about his service. The tape is available for the public through that organization at the Library of Congress's veteran's website
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- Born
- Aug 5, 1921
- Also known as
- Russell York
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Jul 22, 2006
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on July 23, 2013
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