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| Medal of Honor recipient Jim Taylor shows positioning of medal (Unique to the Picket) |
When a Medal
of Honor recipient firmly insists (or asks, for that matter) you rest at his table, you
do not claim no.
I discovered
myself in this unforeseen situation Tuesday mid-day while onboard a train
bring 13 Medal of Honor recipients during an immersive reenactment of the
Civil Battle’s “Great Engine Chase” in North Georgia in April 1862 Participants of the Andrews Raid were the initial to get the Medal of Honor.
I was rushing
in between vehicles and taking images for the Picket’s Facebook page when I.
encountered James “Jim” Taylor , who was putting on a brilliant blue t shirt with the words Medal of Honor beneath a ruptured of celebrities.
What happened.
following deeply touched me, and left an enduring memory.
Taylor, 87,.
was holding his medal, kept in area by a blue bow, before him, and I.
presumed he was just readjusting it prior to returning it around his neck.
Rather, the.
Vietnam War hero bid to me. After I beinged in a chair, he continued to.
reenact just how Head of state Lyndon B. Johnson positioned the medal at the.
White Residence on Nov. 19, 1968
Do not fret:. He did not put the medal around my neck.
Taylor asked. me to open my outstretched hands to imitate a neck. He after that relocated the bow. around the hands prior to putting the medal in the mug of my fingers, showing the.
intense medal to onlookers.
The.
demo took around a min. I do not know if the Military professional has.
done this before with other people. I have no idea why he selected me. Someone did film the moment. ( Picket image in Kennesaw
Yet I felt I.
belonged to something unique. I texted my family members one of the images in.
this message.
I will admit.
to not ever hearing of Taylor, that was a first lieutenant at the time he.
merited the country’s highest army honor for valiance.
The Californian functioned on Nov. 9, 1967, west of Que Son.
Any kind of summary I. could give would not suffice, so it is best to provide the citation.
Capt.
Taylor, Armor, was acting as executive officer of Army B, 1 st Squadron. His.
troop was participated in an attack on a prepared setting west of Que Child when it.
came under extreme adversary recoilless-rifle, mortar, and automatic-weapons fire.
from an adversary strength situated instantly to its front. One armored.
mounties attack car was struck promptly by recoilless-rifle fire and all.
five crewmembers were wounded. Conscious that the harmed automobile remained in tomb.
danger of exploding, Capt. Taylor rushed ahead and personally drawn out the.
wounded to safety despite the hailstorm of opponent fire and blowing up ammo.
Within mins a second armored cavalry attack automobile was struck by several.
recoilless-rifle rounds. Despite the proceeding intense enemy fire, Capt.
Taylor moved forward on foot to save the wounded men from the burning automobile.
and personally removed all the crewmen to the security of a close-by dike. Moments.
later the car took off.
As he was going back to his automobile, a bursting.
mortar round shateringly wounded Capt. Taylor yet he valiantly went back to his.
vehicle to transfer the clinical discharge area to a location more detailed to the front.
lines. As he was moving his car, it came under device- weapon fire from an.
enemy position not 50 backyards away. Capt. Taylor involved the setting with his.
gatling gun, eliminating the three-man team. Upon arrival at the brand-new emptying.
site, still another vehicle was struck. Once More Capt. Taylor hurried forward.
and pulled the injured from the vehicle, filled them aboard his automobile, and.
returned them securely to the evacuation website. His activities of unmatched valor.
gave ideas to his entire troop, contributed substantially to.
the success of the total attack on the enemy position, and were directly.
responsible for saving the lives of a variety of his fellow soldiers. His.
activities were in maintaining with the greatest customs of the military career.
and show fantastic credit rating upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
I did a bit of research on Taylor today after.
returning home last night.
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| Sammy Davis, third from left, and Jim Taylor to his left (White Home image) |
The official picture of Taylor with LBJ shows him in a line, next.
to Sgt. Sammy L. Davis Fittingly, Davis was among those on the CSX journey.
Tuesday from Kennesaw, Ga., to Ringgold, where he gave remarks to a big crowd.
in the town’s depot.
The professionals are taking part in the 2025 Medal of Honor Party in Chattanooga, Tenn. The principal enrollers are the Legislative Medal of Honor Society and the Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center (There are currently 61 living Medal of Honor receivers.)
Taylor, in a video clip tape-recorded years ago , said he did not intend to be considered over countless other professionals.
The day’s events– in Atlanta, Kennesaw and Ringgold– and,.
naturally, the train adventure, were an amazing experience. As an armed forces brat in.
Germany, we lived near an Air Force Vietnam War recipient. To meet or speak with.
13 was an actual advantage.
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| Jim Taylor (best) and various other medal receivers Tuesday at the Atlanta Background Facility (Picket photo) |