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County Seat: Greeneville Greene County was also the home of one of Tennessee's seven medal of honor recipients from World War II. Sergeant Elbert Kinser of the U.S. Marine Corps was fighting the Japanese on an island called Okinawa Shima on May 4, 1945, when a live hand grenade landed in the midst of his men. He threw himself on the grenade, saving the lives of his men, and was immediately killed by the explosion.
More information about Tennessee's medal of honor winners can be found here, in the high school section. Finally, Greene County is one of seven east Tennessee counties that contains parts of the Appalachian Trail, which runs 2,175 miles through Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia. There are people who have hiked the ENTIRE Appalachian Trail; it takes about four to six months.
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