William Yarborough: Facts & Related Content

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Born May 12, 1912 • SeattleWashington
Died December 7, 2005 (aged 93) • North Carolina
Awards And Honors Legion of MeritPurple Heart
Role In Vietnam WarWorld War II

Harold K. Johnson
United States Army officer
Aaron Bank
United States Army officer
Abrams, Creighton Williams, Jr.
Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr.
United States general
James Alward Van Fleet
United States military commander
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
United States military officer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
George S. Patton
George Patton
United States general
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
United States general
George C. Marshall
George C. Marshall
United States general
John Clifford Hodges Lee
United States Army officer
Everett Strait Hughes
United States Army officer
Geoffrey Keyes
American army officer
Omar Bradley
Omar Bradley
United States general
Maxwell Taylor, 1962.
Maxwell Davenport Taylor
United States army officer
Courtney Hicks Hodges, commander of the U.S. First Army, 1944–45.
Courtney Hicks Hodges
United States general
Matthew B. Ridgway, 1951.
Matthew Bunker Ridgway
United States general
Mark Clark
Mark Clark
American military officer
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
United States general
James Gavin, commander of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division, 1944–45.
James Maurice Gavin
United States general
Frank Dow Merrill
United States Army officer

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