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A Short Bio On Cpl. Mason O. Yarbrough
CORPORAL MASON O. YARBROUGH, USMCOne of 900 elite U.S. Marines selected from 15,000 volunteers to become one of"Carlson's Raiders" in February 1942. A Missouri native, born 16 August, 1922,Yarbrough enlisted in the Marine Corps 7 June, 1941. He trained with Carlson at CampElliot, California where he became one of the first "GUNG HO!" Marines. When Carlson's2d Raiders Battalion went ashore on Butaritari Island, Makin Atoll, Gilbert Islands 17August, 1942, Yarbrough was among 19 Marines to fall to Japanese defensive fire. Whenthe Raiders withdrew to continue their South Pacific mission, Carlson paid natives tobury the fallen Marines. Their bodies were repatriated in December 1999, and CorporalYarbrough was finally laid to rest with full military honors in Memorial Park Cemetery,Sikeston, Missouri 15 December, 2000. |
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