World War I Heroes - Ten True Tales Author:Allan Zullo Corporal Alvin York is armed only with courage and marksmanship. Can he save his unit from a deadly attack by German machine-gun nests? — Plucked off his sinking ship by a U-boat, Navy lieutenant Edouard Izak is sent to a POW camp deep in German territory. Can he engineer a daring escape? — The soldiers of the all-African American Eighth Illinois ... more »face bitter racism and segregation. Can they overcome bigotry to fight with valor and distinction?
The Great War --
The Tennessee crack shot: Army Corporal Alvin York --
The flying fox: Royal Flying Corps Major William " Billy" Bishop --
The "suicide club" hero: Army Private John "Jack" Barkley --
The POW escapee: Navy Lieutenant Edouard Izac --
The battlefield savior: Ambulance driver James "Jim" McConnell --
The killer marksman: Army Lieutenant Samuel Woodfill --
The ace of aces: United States Air Service Captain Eddie Rickenbacker --
The immigrant doughboy: Army Private Abraham Krotoshinsky --
The Fighting Eighth: The 8th Illinois National Guard/370th U.S. Army Infantry --