YARBOROUGH DD 314
Ship Name and Designation History
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Keel Laid February 27 1919 - Launched June 20 1919 |
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- Covers Page 1 (1927-29)
Postmarks
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Post office established February 14 1922 - Disestablished May 28 1930
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1929-02-24 |
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Other Information
NAMESAKE - George Hampton Yarborough, Jr. USMCR (October 14 1895 - June 26 1918)
Yarborough enrolled in class no. 4, Marine Corps Reserve, on April 7 1917, the day after the United States entered World War I, and was given the provisional rank of Second Lieutenant. After instruction at the Marine Barracks, Parris Island, S.C., he reported to the Marine Barracks at Philadelphia on June 4 1917 for duty with the 16th Company, 5th Regiment of Marines. Yarborough reached St. Nazaire on June 27th. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on August 11 1917, served two tours of detached duty while assigned to the 5th Regiment, first at Cosne, France, between December 8 1917 and January 4 1918, and then at Gondrecourt, France, between February 22 and April 29 1918. On June 23 1918, the height of the battle for Belleau Wood, Lt. Yarborough arrived on the front lines. The next day, intense enemy fire from skillfully placed machine guns pinned down Yarborough's unit a platoon in a support position in the American lines. The young Lieutenant dashed from one shell hole to another, in the open, steadying his men, until a burst of machine gun fire hit him. Severely wounded, he refused aid until other wounded men in his unit received medical attention. Finally moved to shelter, he succumbed to his severe gunshot wounds on June 26. Cited for his bravery, First Lieutenant Yarborough received the Distinguished Service Cross and Navy Cross, posthumously
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