York was the part of a force of only 18 U.S. soldiers sent to infiltrate behind German lines in the hopes of neutralizing German machine guns.
Six soldiers were killed and three were wounded with the start of York's group mission, But still York managed to win the battle.
He took the command of remaining soldiers in ferocious fighting. When six German soldiers with bayonets charged him, he fired all the bullets left in his rifle before turning to his pistol to defend himself.
