Chaplain Taylor was awarded a Silver Star for his bravery in Bataan for assisting with the evacuation of wounded from the front lines while under heavy fire before the surrender. On the Death March, Taylor was beaten and tortured during the March for helping others. While at a prison camp in Cabanatuan, he endured fourteen weeks in a 4’x4’ “hot box” as punishment for smuggling food and medicine into the camp. In 1945, Taylor was released after 42 months of imprisonment.
Taylor later became the USAF Chief of Chaplains from 1962-66 and is pictured here while serving in that capacity.
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