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Russell J. York
Russell J. York (August 5, 1921 – July 22, 2006was a native of Waterville, Maine, who served in World War II in 1942–1945 as a combat medic assigned to the 4th Engineer Battalion (United States), 4th Engineer Battalion of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. He landed at Utah Beach on Normandy Landings, D-Day under the command of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and with the U.S. 22d Infantry Regiment served in the campaigns in Northern France Campaign (1944), Northern France, Rhineland, Battle of the Bulge and Central Europe Campaign, Central Europe. York was interviewed in 2005 for thVeterans' History Projectabout his service. The tape is available for the public through that organization at the Library of Congress'veteran's website Silver Star citation In the battle for the Battle of Hurtgen Forest, Hurtgen Forest, with the writer Ernest Hemingway, serving under Colonel, later Major General Charles T. Lanham, York earned the Silver Star. : During the incident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite. Most silver is produced as a byproduct of copper, gold, lead, and zinc Refining (metallurgy), refining. Silver has long been valued as a precious metal. Silver metal is used in many bullion coins, sometimes bimetallism, alongside gold: while it is more abundant than gold, it is much less abundant as a native metal. Its purity is typically measured on a per-mille basis; a 94%-pure alloy is described as "0.940 fine". As one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
