tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post8137201670519839694..comments2024-03-07T03:44:39.305-05:00Comments on Into the LIGHT: CoAAG: Major Arthur P Yarborough - He Served With HonorRenate Yarborough Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05289031155721526652noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-5382499660374277342021-08-05T23:42:52.086-04:002021-08-05T23:42:52.086-04:00What a beautiful tribute! Thanks so much for shari...What a beautiful tribute! Thanks so much for sharing your father's very impressive career. Glad to read that he was an NCA&T SU Aggie! I am also thankful for your dad's service to this Country.Demetria Tuckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885950128866441689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-87753554484366798102018-02-25T11:50:04.526-05:002018-02-25T11:50:04.526-05:00Craig, it's almost 8 years later, and I don...Craig, it's almost 8 years later, and I don't even know if you'll see this, but did you ever get to run my dad's name by your dad?<br /><br />RenateRenate Yarborough Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05289031155721526652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-15463588964368735632010-05-20T07:29:48.284-04:002010-05-20T07:29:48.284-04:00Thank you so much, everyone, for your comments. I...Thank you so much, everyone, for your comments. I'm so grateful to each of you for taking the time to honor my father by leaving them!<br /><br />Craig, you have done my heart glad this morning! Thank you so very much for sharing all of that information with me. I will use your suggestions as a guide to helping to clarify and add facts to a timeline for my dad's service. As for the Germany connection, I can tell you that my dad was stationed in Bremerhaven. My brother was born there in 1960. Feel free to contact me at yarsan@aol.com if you'd like to further compare notes to see if our fathers' paths may have crossed. <br /><br />RenateRenate Yarborough Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05289031155721526652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-40649561391519479452010-05-20T00:34:20.774-04:002010-05-20T00:34:20.774-04:00Renate, a great tribute! One of your father's ...Renate, a great tribute! One of your father's medals is described as the "AFR Medal." That is most frequently understood to mean the Armed Forces Reserve Medal which is awarded for every ten years of honorable service in the Reserve or National Guard. This may explain why your father seemed to have entered and left service "a few different times" and why he has several DD-214s. The DD-214 is completed on release from active duty--a military member would receive a DD-214 when they left the regular Army for the Army Reserve, or having been in the Reserve, was called to active status, and then released back to the Reserve after a term of active service. <br /><br />He may have enlisted in WWII, then left after the war, but at some point returned as an officer. In one of the photographs, your father clearly shows a shoulder patch of the Northern Area Command (NACOM), an organization of the US Army, Europe, headquartered at Frankfurt. My father was a lieutenant, then captain, assigned to NACOM in the late 1950s/early 1960s. I wonder if they knew each other (there weren't that many black officers stationed n Germany at that time). I'm blessed to have my dad still around to ask him, but his recollections are fading fast.<br />Thanks for a great piece.Craig Mansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06567686559055003349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-48582323105087985422010-05-19T13:19:14.183-04:002010-05-19T13:19:14.183-04:00Renate,
Wonderful tribute to your father. He woul...Renate,<br /><br />Wonderful tribute to your father. He would be very proud of you. Thanks for sharing such great memories.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06267244364261080142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-22090148427180433302010-05-17T18:39:03.816-04:002010-05-17T18:39:03.816-04:00Renate,
This is a wonderful tribute to your Fath...Renate, <br /><br />This is a wonderful tribute to your Father. Thank you for sharing. I am sure he is smiling.A. CAINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16894971155710073867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-34000683637467299492010-05-16T19:09:43.062-04:002010-05-16T19:09:43.062-04:00Great post and tribute to your Dad. I'm so gr...Great post and tribute to your Dad. I'm so greatful for the service he gave our country. He sounds like a wonderful person.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14107969938339346191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-62465950055304443632010-05-15T13:51:50.470-04:002010-05-15T13:51:50.470-04:00Thanks, everyone!
Lori, I have been trying to f...Thanks, everyone! <br /><br />Lori, I have been trying to find out what this was about for a while now, but no one (as of yet) has been able to help me! I, along with some others, think that a couple of the gentlemen in the picture have recognizable faces, but again, no one has been able to name them. I posted this picture as one of my very first posts, back in July of 2009, and asked for suggestions about what might have been going on. Here's the link to that post. http://justthinking130.blogspot.com/2009/07/re-gold-mine.html<br /><br />I've also asked around a bit, and put the pic on a Military blog, too. So far, no responses, but I'm still hopeful, so if anyone has ideas, or recognizes any of the faces in the picture, I'm all ears (or eyes, as it may be...lol)!<br /><br />RenateRenate Yarborough Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05289031155721526652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-3610541952611665612010-05-15T13:31:45.102-04:002010-05-15T13:31:45.102-04:00It would be so interesting to find out who is in t...It would be so interesting to find out who is in the picture with him and why. Perhaps it was to do with the commendations he received.Lori Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775116608698555225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-67848250583832099032010-05-14T13:59:50.276-04:002010-05-14T13:59:50.276-04:00Very nice tribute to your father. I am sure you a...Very nice tribute to your father. I am sure you are very proud of him, as you should be!Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239515536631230040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-85924120101509954432010-05-13T21:27:20.962-04:002010-05-13T21:27:20.962-04:00I could not agree with Joan more, loved the photos...I could not agree with Joan more, loved the photos, and the documents. Lovely warm piece, I enjoyed the read!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754623831815018924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-52764431299299783012010-05-13T18:34:49.242-04:002010-05-13T18:34:49.242-04:00Great tribute to your fatherGreat tribute to your fatherMavishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241988882011440597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-89828230489121189982010-05-12T18:08:10.612-04:002010-05-12T18:08:10.612-04:00What a wonderful tribute to your father Renate. He...What a wonderful tribute to your father Renate. He must have loved his country and his family to have enlisted so many times.Ms Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12215921071152926380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-40417027380139394052010-05-12T07:20:06.466-04:002010-05-12T07:20:06.466-04:00Joan, thanks, as always, for your comment and your...Joan, thanks, as always, for your comment and your support.<br />Kathleen, I never knew you had Yarboroughs! Send me an email and tell me about them. I should be able to let you know if there is a connection or not. :)<br /><br />RenateRenate Yarborough Sandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05289031155721526652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-4680411656185223882010-05-12T03:37:48.536-04:002010-05-12T03:37:48.536-04:00Great piece. If you have questions on the DD214, f...Great piece. If you have questions on the DD214, forward it to me and I will take a stab at it. Most of my work is in military. You may need to get a copy (if still available) of your father's service record. Do you know which division/company he served in WWII. I'm beginning to wonder if he is related to my Yarborough's.Kathleen Brandt, Professional Genealogisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985508112616184739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7039019633646767354.post-55720414109850582472010-05-11T23:09:28.537-04:002010-05-11T23:09:28.537-04:00Renate,
What a great piece on you father. I like t...Renate,<br />What a great piece on you father. I like the pictures and sources you chose to show us -- gave a good sense of the man. I am always surprised when all of a sudden I realize that paarents had such different experiences that dinna necessarily inclue me. A good thing.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948553013206247354noreply@blogger.com