Doyle Yardley

Colonel Doyle Raphard Yardley (April 21, 1913 – April 23, 1946)[1] was an American military officer. He was the commanding officer of the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, who was captured and later escaped from a German Prisoner of War camp.[2]

During the invasion of Italy, the 509th was dropped behind enemy lines near Avellino. Col. Yardley was captured and spent 16 months as a prisoner of war in Oflag 64 in Szubin, Poland.

Yardley was a resident of Dublin, Texas, and the son of Alvin Alfard Yardley and Emma Edna Huffman. Yardley died shortly after the war of a gunshot wound in the chest received while cleaning his gun.[3]

Diary

He kept a diary of his war experiences which he left behind when he escaped from the camp. It was returned to him after the war and languished in an old military footlocker in Texas until found by his nephew, who published it under the title Home Was Never Like This.

gollark: There's no rule against submitting my submission.
gollark: Although the regexy version (below) is better.
gollark: Now, *arguably* it might not have been entirely tactically optimal to publicly release it so early, but it was a cool idea so I had to share it early.
gollark: https://discord.com/channels/346530916832903169/802678225791746089/819994409528852490
gollark: You could submit my submission.

References
  1. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
  2. World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
  3. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982


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