page_title: Carl A. Youngdale
section_title: World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Carl A. Youngdale / World War II
caption_attribution_description: English: Carl Albert Youngdale (June 23, 1912 - March 8, 1993) was a highly decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of Major General. As an artillery officer, he took part in the three major conflicts of 20th Century and completed his 36 years career as Commanding general of Camp Lejeune. Here as Lieutenant colonel during World War II.
context_page_description: Carl Albert Youngdale was a highly decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of major general. As an artillery officer, he took part in the three major conflicts of the 20th century and completed his 36 years career as commanding general of Camp Lejeune.
context_section_description: When the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor occurred on December 7, 1941, the Henderson was outbound from Pearl Harbor. The skipper of Henderson, Charles F. Martin feared a Japanese air or submarine attack to his vulnerable vessel, so he ordered radio silence and sailed via Alaska to California in order to avoid contact with the enemy. Upon the arrival of the Henderson at San Francisco a few weeks later, Youngdale was promoted to the rank of captain in January 1942 and participated in the several voyages with troops and supplies to South Pacific.
  Youngdale was ordered to the Marine training center at Camp Elliott, California in August 1942 and was promoted to the rank of major. He served first as officer in charge of the local Artillery School and subsequently as operations officer under Brigadier General Matthew H. Kingman. To improve his knowledge of artillery warfare, Youngdale was ordered for instruction to the Army Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in April 1943 and graduated three months later.
  He was subsequently ordered to Camp Pendleton, California, where he supervised the activation of the 4th Battalion, 14th Marine Artillery Regiment. The 14th Marines were designated the main artillery component of the 4th Marine Division under Major General Harry Schmidt and later relocated to Camp Dunlap for further training. During training there, Youngdale got word of his upcoming combat deployment to the Pacific area – Marshall Islands.
caption: Youngdale as Lieutenant colonel during World War II.
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