US Marine Corps Recruit Depot - Yearbook (Parris Island, SC)

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MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT H. BARROW, USMC COMMANDING GENERAL, MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT H. BARROW was born and reared in Louisiana. He attended L.S.U., the University of Maryland and graduate school at Tulane University. He was commissioned in' May 1943 and served during the latter part of World War II with a Chinese guerilla force which operated extensively in enemy occupied territory in central China. After the war, he remained in China for an- other year. During the Korean conflict, he participated in the Inchon- Seoul operation and the Chosin Reservoir campaign as a ri- fle company commander. During the Vietnam War, from 1964 to 1967 he served as the Plans Officer, Fleet Marine Force Pacific, arid later as an Infantry Regiment Commander whose regiment partici- pated in numerous combat actions in the vicinity of the DMZ, Khe Sanh and A Shau Valley. General Barrow has served six tours of duty in the Far East and one in the Mediterranean. He has attended two Marine Corps schools and the National War College. Dur- ing one two-year tour he participated as editor or writer in the preparation of several doctrinal publications. Prior to his current tour he was Commanding General for three years at the Marine Corps Base on Okinawa, with ad- ditional duty responsibilities for Marine Corps'installations in Japan, Guam and the Philippines. His personal United States decorations include the Navy Cross, the Army Distinguished Service Cross, the Silver Star, two Legions of Merit, two Bronze Stars and the Joint Service Commendation Medal. General and Mrs. Barrow are the parents of five children.

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COLONEL FLOYD H. WALDBOP, USMC CQMMANDINC OFFICER, RECRUIT TRAINING REGIMENT COLONEL FLOYD H. WALDROP assumed command of Recruit Training Regiment July 11, 1973. Colonel Waldrop was born in Shelby, North Carolina, and attended the University of South Carolina, the US. Naval Academy, and George Washington University. He was promoted to second lieutenant in June, 1947, and served with the lst Marine Division at Camp Pendleton and later at Inchon, Korea. During the Vietnam conflict, from 1969 to 1970, he again served with the lst Marine Division at Danang and earned the Legion of Merit with Combat V and the Vietnamese Cross of Callantry tCorps IeveD. Colonel Waldrop has served in Hawaii, Okinawa, and has attended three service schools and the National War College. His personal decorations include: Legion of Merit with Combat V; Bronze Star Medal with Combat V; Air Medal; Two Presidential Unit Citations; Cross of Gallantry tCorps IeveD; National Defense Service Medal with Star; Korean Service with Six Stars; the Vietnam Service Medal; and the Vietnamese Medal with Clasp. Colonel and Mrs. Waldrop are the parents of four Children.