William P. Yarborough
American general
Died when: 93 years 208 days (1122 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Lieutenant General William Pelham Yarborough (May 12, 1912 – December 6, 2005) was a senior United States Army officer.Yarborough designed the U.S.
Army's parachutist badge, paratrooper or 'jump' boots, and the airborne jump uniform.He is known as the "Father of the Modern Green Berets." He was descended from the Yorkshire House of Yarborough.
Yarborough was a distant cousin to such British noble figures as the Baron Deramore, Lord Alvingham, and the Marquess of Bath.
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