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<em>Jules David Yates</em>, “David,” was born in Savannah, GA. He grew up on a farm owned by his parents, Morris and Rose, near Trenton, NJ. After gradu­ating from high school, he took advantage of a special of­fer the military was making of a one-year enlistment to attend a West Point Preparatory School and then take the en­trance examination for the Academy at West Point.</p>
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Sometime near the end of that year, while visiting at home, he learned that his New Jersey senator was holding open examinations for West Point and Annapolis. Having nothing better to do, David took the exams and was the top man on all 3 tests. He chose to take the Senatorial appointment to West Point so that his classmate and first alternate at the West Point Preparatory School could have that appointment. David Yates entered West Point and joined the Class of ‘40.</p>
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While at West Point, David met and fell in love with Natalie Weisberg of New Rochelle, NY. She was a blind date, introduced by a friend who later served as best man at their wedding.</p>
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They married with full military pomp at the West Point Chapel immediately after graduation, emerging from the ceremony under the traditional row of crossed sabers.</p>
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David and Natalie chose their first assignment in Corregidor, Manila, the Philippine Islands. The military sent all Army wives home in May 1942 because of the imminent Japanese threat. As a sec­ond lieutenant, David commanded a company of Philippine scouts and fought the war on Malinta Hill, on Corregidor. He survived the infamous Bataan Death March and confinement as a pris­oner of war until he was liberated by a Ranger battalion in May 1945. Though gaunt and ill, he was overjoyed to be reunited with his wife. Many times in the ensuing years he said that only the soldiers who were highly motivated survived the catastrophic experience of brutal imprisonment. His motivation was to return to Natalie.</p>
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After returning to the United States, David studied at the Army Language School in Monterey, CA. He spoke fluent German, French, Spanish, and Russian and could get by in Turkish and Japanese. He pursued graduate studies in Russian at Columbia University and went on to teach Russian at West Point.</p>
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David’s military career also included a tour of duty in Turkey, serving as assistant commandant and, later, as acting commandant of the Army Language School; and as liaison between the Russian military mission and the American head­quarters in Germany There, he was Chief of the Allied Contact Section of USEUR. Although this was during the Cold War, he and Natalie enter­tained and sought to connect positively with the Russians in the area to promote better communi­cation between the two sides.</p>
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David retired as a lieutenant colonel, serving as the executive officer of the Boston Army Base in 1962. His distinguished military career lasted nearly 27 years. He was the recipient of two Purple Hearts, the Bronze Star, and the Silver Star for gallantry in action.</p>
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David and his family made their home in Brookline, MA, for the next 30 years. He was Vice President of Simulmatics Corporation. There he was able to work side-by-side with his wife. This innovative company developed computer simulations, a concept ahead of its time. As an engineer and systems analyst, he worked for the MITRE Corporation, Raytheon, and GTE Sylvania.</p>
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Always an avid learner, David continued to take a variety of graduate courses in mathematics and computer technology from M.I.T and Northeast­ern University. He was a born teacher and also en­joyed teaching some courses at the college level.</p>
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In 1990, after David had a serious heart attack, he and Natalie moved to Delray Beach, FL, to be close to his only brother, Samuel Vates, a well- known mathematician. Sam’s wife Mae and her sister Ethel proved to be staunch friends through David’s final years.</p>
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Despite the distance between their homes, David enjoyed the love of his children and their families. His eldest daughter, Sandy Elizabeth Yates Mathieson, lives in Maine with her husband Peter and son Chris. David’s son, Jonathan Robert Yates, lives in Massachusetts with his wife Anne and their children Alexandra and Adam. His daughter, Jennifer Yates Levy, lives in Virginia with her husband Mike and daughters Rachel and Vivian. David also is survived by his 104-year-old mother-in-law, Florence Weisberg, a member of his household in Brookline for many years.</p>
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David leaves his wife of 56 years, Natalie Weisberg Yates, who joined with him in all the im­portant enterprises of his life. When David was a prisoner of war, Natalie joined the Women’s Army Corps and served as an officer during WWII, help­ing her husband in the only way she could. She was a diligent and imaginative officer’s wife and an active helpmate in David’s civilian career.</p>
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David was buried at West Point with a memo­rial service at the Old Cadet Chapel where he and Natalie were married.</p>
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Because of his love of learning, memorial con­tributions in his name to the Delray Beach, FL, Public Library, or to the Cadet Library at West Point will be appreciated</p>