# 2003 VHS • Guns of Valor 60 FPS

Guns of Valor is an episode from the NRA's American Rifleman Video Collection, produced as part of a firearms history series. The program focuses on the Congressional Medal of Honor and the specific firearms carried by recipients in four American conflicts, framing each account as a demonstration of how a soldier's proficiency with a weapon shaped the outcome of a battle. The Civil War segment covers Private William P. Hogerty of the 23rd New York Infantry, who received one of the first Medals of Honor ever awarded for actions at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. The program describes the Springfield Rifle Musket and its 58-caliber Minie ball, the operation of the cannon as a crew weapon requiring eight men and a 30-second minimum rate of fire, the carnage at Miller's Cornfield where 4,700 died in one day, and Hogerty's solo operation of an abandoned cannon while under fire before picking up a Springfield from a fallen soldier and continuing to fight. The World War I segment covers Alvin Cullum York of Pall Mall, Tennessee, who registered as a conscientious objector but shipped to France and used a Remington Model 1917 Enfield rifle and a Colt Model 1911 semi-automatic pistol during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on October 8, 1918. York's unfamiliarity with the Enfield's peep sight is discussed, along with his tactic of shooting charging Germans from back to front so the forward soldiers would not know the men behind them had been hit. He killed 25 Germans,…

- Kind: Film
- Year: 2003
- By: The Vista Group®
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/TheVistaGroup-GunsofValor2003)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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