York was plum happy to be a receiving an America rifle and not one of them thar British guns!

Thanks for posting the "Sgt York Discovery Site" Culpeper...fascinating stuff!

I'm going to have to buy the book "Alvin York" by Col. Douglas V. Mastriano.

Here's part of a review of Mastriano's book that still begs the question...which type of rifle did Sgt York use?:

Quite interesting, but there is one nagging thing he should
have dealt with. He says that all the .30-06 casings show that they were fired by the M1917
Enfield. York's son Andrew has said several times that his dad told him that while he was
originally issued the M1917, in combat he used the Springfield, because he liked the sights
so much better than the Enfield. I guess this is a question that will never be solved, but I
think the author should have at least discussed what Andrew said.

Actually, Sgt York's wife claims that her husband said it was a Krag that he used and not a Springfield 1903 or 1917 Enfield (United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917).  York told his wife that he used his Krag to "Civilize them Germans." ;)