World War II Honoree

Richard Ashbridge Yarnall

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE WITH THE BRITISH SIXTH ARMORED DIVISION IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. THE AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE, WHICH CONSISTED OF VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE DRIVERS, REORGANIZED ITS AMBULANCE SERVICE, SENDING UNITS FIRST TO FRANCE AND THEN TO THE BRITISH ARMIES IN NORTH AFRICA, ITALY, INDIA-BURMA AND WITH THE FREE FRENCH FOR THE FINAL DRIVE FROM SOUTHERN FRANCE TO GERMANY.