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When the war was won and York returned home, he came back with a new respect for education.  He used the money he received as gifts to build the York Institute.  While trying to promote education, he drove himself into deep debt.  And with his health failing, it looked as if he would not be able to pay off such amounts of money.  When he IRS hassled him for the money, President [[John F. Kennedy]] reprimanded them, saying their “actions in the case were a national disgrace”.  Congressman Joe L. Evins started the York relief fund to help York pay off his debts.  They raised $100,000 and gave his family the remainder of $30,000 to keep them from ever getting in such debt again.  Alvin C. York died at the age of 76 on September 2, 1964.

When the war was won and York returned home, he came back with a new respect for education.  He used the money he received as gifts to build the York Institute.  While trying to promote education, he drove himself into deep debt.  And with his health failing, it looked as if he would not be able to pay off such amounts of money.  When he IRS hassled him for the money, President [[John F. Kennedy]] reprimanded them, saying their “actions in the case were a national disgrace”.  Congressman Joe L. Evins started the York relief fund to help York pay off his debts.  They raised $100,000 and gave his family the remainder of $30,000 to keep them from ever getting in such debt again.  Alvin C. York died at the age of 76 on September 2, 1964.

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[[Category:Military personnel|York, Alvin]]