Ep.05: What a character: World War I hero Buck Simpson
Mar 30, 2020•18 min
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Episode description
You’ve heard of Sergeant York, the most decorated American veteran of World War I. After all they made a hit movie with Gary Cooper as York. But what about Private “Buck” Simpson, an Austin cedar chopper and the second most decorated American veteran from that war? Turns out, he was a character in a family of Central Texas characters.
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