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February 20, 2009

YARBZ NEGATIVE ARCHIVE: PFC YARBZ, MR. SMILEY, 1979:

CATAGORIES: 35MM FILM,History,MILITARY,MONEY,PHOTOGRAPHY,SCANNED FILM,USMC / MARINE CORPS / SEMPER FI,YARBZ LIFE PICTURE DIARY,YARBZ NEGATIVE/POSITIVE ARCHIVE — Yarbz @ 9:14 am

PFC Yarborough Rifle Expert badge which Simsbury Connecticut 1979. smiling mood graduated the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego as PFC (Private First Class) Camp Pendleton, California after ten days leave platoons high shooter (best score at the rifle range) could field strip and reassemble the M-16 while blindfolded faster Drill Instructors FMF (Fleet Marine Force) dirty work that rolled down hill Lance Corporal Corporal Most never make Corporal in a four year enlistment non-commissioned officer leadership demands stay out of trouble March of 1982 meritoriously promoted to Sergeant Camp LeJeune, North Carolina 1983 Honorably Discharged declining to reenlist $16,000 bonus 1983 wanted to go to college

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February 19, 2009

YARBZ NEGATIVE ARCHIVE: THE PARENTAL UNITS SLIDING DOWN HILL:

CATAGORIES: 35MM FILM,FAMILY,History,PHOTOGRAPHY,REAL HEROES,SCANNED FILM,USMC / MARINE CORPS / SEMPER FI,YARBZ LIFE PICTURE DIARY,YARBZ NEGATIVE/POSITIVE ARCHIVE — Yarbz @ 9:39 am

A Marine Colonel and a Marine Wife (Mom and Dad) Risking Life and Limb!

These pictures of my dad and mom sledding in our backyard was taken in 1978 or possibly very early 1979 at our house in Simsbury, Connecticut. My brother Paul and wanted to build a ‘bobsled’ run in our backyard. We built up curbs and corners and then poured water on them so they would be very hard when re-frozen and very slick. We built about fifty yards of the run which included several banked turns before I came down with mononucleosis and had to stay indoors. While I was in the house sick as a dog, my brothers and parents were out using the run that I engineered. I was jealous! Anyway, we had a lot of fun building it even though we had to scuttle plans for another fifty years or so. I ended up getting well in the spring of 1979, long after the course was melted and gone.