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The White Rabbit: Wing Commander F.F.E.Yeo-Thomas
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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 62503" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flake</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>William Lindsey</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4th Raider Battalion (Company Q)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-8337</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Silver Star</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vanguna, Solomon Islands, 1st July 1943</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 20.01.1920, Snowflake, Arizona, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father John Taylor Flake (1882-1973)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Carrie (nee Lindsey) Flake (1887-1938)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>01.07.1941 entered service</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1942 married <em>Mary Millikan Flake (1920-2008) 1 son, 2 daughters</em></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>01.07.1943 WIA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated University of Arizona</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated George Washington University</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>26 years Marine Corps.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>served Korea</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>01.07.1967 discharged Brigadier General</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 22.10.2003, Albuquerque (Aged 83)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-flake.38199/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38199-f8e902b3c32b2623ac41cbe774fb5f4e.jpg?1680705050" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/w-flake-grave.38198/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/38/38198-8aaea08e3f8d2294141cf0b27284bf37.jpg?1680704451" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p><p>194</p></blockquote><p></p>
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