William P. Yarborough

William Pelham Yarborough ( born May 12, 1912 in Seattle, Washington; † December 6, 2005 in Southern Pines, North Carolina) was an American Lieutenant - General ( Lieutenant General ) in the U.S. Army and a graduate of the United States Military Academy.

Life

Yarborough comes from the House of Yarborough, whose roots can be up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and the founder of the house, Eustacius de Yerburgh traced. William Yarborough is a distant relative of some British aristocrats, such as Deramore Baron or Baron Alvingham.

As the U.S. Army in 1941 began to perform first experiments with airborne troops, Yarborough had just held the rank of captain. At this time he also designed the emblem of the parachutists, which could be carried by the airborne troops from the fifth jump.

During the Second World War Yarborough prepared the first combat deployment of the parachute jumper before the Operation Torch, and also participated in this part. Later, he was the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion assumed for the Italian campaign.

In February 1962, a special unit under the leadership of General Yarborough was sent to Colombia. In a secret letter to the chiefs of staff Yarborough emphasized the need to send a unit to eliminate potentially dangerous communists:

" There should be a general effort will be made to now secretly to their future defensive operation to prepare the civil and military powers. This should be done with a view to developing an exploitable civilian and military structure for the case that the Colombian security forces more to know about it. This structure should be used to promote the necessary reforms with pressure to act against forces and propaganda and to carry out, if necessary, paramilitary, sabotage or terrorist activities against known communist opponents. (This structure) should be supported by the United States. "

Yarborough advocated an "intensive registration program for civilians [ ... ], so that eventually (everyone ) is registered with fingerprints and photos in government files. " He advised that to, surveys, and other measures, including the regular questioning of the rural population, " which could know of guerrilla activities " carried out. "Intensive surveys of the villains, even with Natriumpentathol and lie detectors should be carried out in order to get to any information. Army and police need ( this ) trained interrogators. "

Later, Yarborough was known as "Father of the Green Berets ", the first commander of the Special Warfare Center and for his pioneering work in the development of tactics for special units. From 1 December 1966 to July 15, 1968 Yarborough was now Major General, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army in the areas of intelligence, headquarters and departments. Later he was promoted to lieutenant general.

After 35 years in the service of the United States was in 1971 in Yarborough board. On December 5, 2005, he died in a hospital in Southern Pines, North Carolina from complications of a broken hip.

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted on the basis of the Order of Precedence of Military Awards:

Washington (state) Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army) Bronze Star Medal
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