James Allen ‘Jim’ Taylor
U.S. Army/Vietnam
O
ne of C apt . J ames A llen T aylor ’ s armored cavalry assault
vehicle was hit immediately by recoilless rifle fire and all five crew
members were wounded that day in November 1967.
Aware that the stricken vehicle was in grave danger of exploding, Capt.
Taylor rushed forward and personally extracted the wounded to safety
despite the hail of enemy fire and exploding ammunition.
Disregarding continued intense enemy fire, Capt. Taylor moved forward
to rescue the wounded men from a second burning vehicle and personally
removed all the wounded crewmen and, valiantly established a landing zone
for medical evacuation.
Then, aggressively responding to enemy machine gun fire not 50 yards
away, Taylor engaged the position with his machine gun, killing the 3-man
crew.
Once again, Capt. Taylor rushed forward and pulled the wounded from
a third vehicle, loaded them aboard his vehicle, and returned them safely to
the evacuation site.
Thank you ,
Medal of Honor
recipients, for
your bravery and
your service!
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