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Taylor, Maxwell Davenport was born on August 26, 1901 in Keystesville, Missouri, United States. Son of John Earle Maxwell and Pearle (Davenport) Taylor.
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General Maxwell D. Taylor was one of the great military heroes of recent American history. During World War II, Taylor fought in Sicily and Italy before parachuting into France as head of the 101st Airborne Division on Dday, 1944. Later he commanded the Division in the Arnhem drop in Holland and in the defense of Basting in the Bulge. After the war, Taylor served as superintendent of West Point, U.S. Commander in Berlin, Commander of the Eighth Army in Korea, and Army Chief of Staff under President Eisenhower. John F. Kennedy named him chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and sent him to Vietnam in 1961; he returned to that country as Ambassador in 1965, and served as a key advisor to President Johnson until 1969. In Swords and Plowshares, Taylor tells the firsthand story of a life of action, courage, strategy, and dedication. Offering candid and controversial views of such central figures as Dwight Eisenhower, John Dulles, the Kennedy’s, and General Westmoreland, Taylor contrasts their varying views of the role of air power in modern warfare, and presents his own approach to the problems of winning wars and making peace. These memoirs ably illustrate why General Maxwell Taylor deserves to rank among Marshall, Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Patton as one of the great American military geniuses of our time.
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General Maxwell D. Taylor was one of the great military heroes of recent American history. During World War II, Taylor fought in Sicily and Italy before parachuting into France as head of the 101st Airborne Division on Dday, 1944. Later he commanded the Division in the Arnhem drop in Holland and in the defense of Basting in the Bulge. After the war, Taylor served as superintendent of West Point, U.S. Commander in Berlin, Commander of the Eighth Army in Korea, and Army Chief of Staff under President Eisenhower. John F. Kennedy named him chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and sent him to Vietnam in 1961; he returned to that country as Ambassador in 1965, and served as a key advisor to President Johnson until 1969. In Swords and Plowshares, Taylor tells the firsthand story of a life of action, courage, strategy, and dedication. Offering candid and controversial views of such central figures as Dwight Eisenhower, John Dulles, the Kennedy's, and General Westmoreland, Taylor contrasts their varying views of the role of air power in modern warfare, and presents his own approach to the problems of winning wars and making peace. These memoirs ably illustrate why General Maxwell Taylor deserves to rank among Marshall, Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Patton as one of the great American military geniuses of our time.
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Taylor, Maxwell Davenport was born on August 26, 1901 in Keystesville, Missouri, United States. Son of John Earle Maxwell and Pearle (Davenport) Taylor.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1922. Postgraduate, Engineer School, 1923. Postgraduate, Field Artillery School, 1933.
Postgraduate, Command and General Staff School, 1935. Postgraduate, Army War College, 1940. Doctor of Engineering (honorary), New York University, 1946.
Doctor of Laws, Bowdoin College, 1948. Doctor of Laws, University Missouri, 1951. Doctor of Laws, Williams College, 1952.
Doctor of Laws, Pennsylvania Military College, 1956. Doctor of Laws, Trinity College, Yale University, 1956. Doctor of Laws, Phillips College, Lafayette College, 1956.
Doctor of Laws, Seoul University, 1958. Doctor of Laws, University Pittsburgh, 1962. Doctor of Laws, University Akron, 1966.
Doctor of Laws, Tarkio College, 1966. Doctor of Laws, Norwich University, 1967. Doctor of Laws, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1968.
Doctor of Laws, Parsons College, 1970. Doctor of Laws, William Jewell College, 1970.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1922; advanced through grades to general, United States Army, 1953; transferred from C.E. to Field Artillery, United States Army, 1926; instructor French and Spanish, United States Military Academy, 1927-1932; studied Japanese language, Tokyo, 1935-1939; assistant military attache, Beijing, 1937; special mission to Latin American countries, 1940; chief of staff, artillery commander, 1942; served overseas, 1943-1944; division commander, 1944-1945; superintendent, United States Military Academy, 1945-1949; chief of staff, American Army Forces in Europe, 1949; commander, American Military Government and Army Forces, Berlin, 1949-1951; deputy chief of staff for operations and administration, United States Army, 1951-1953; commander, Korea commander, United States Army Forces, Far East, 1954; United States and United Nations commander in Far East, 1955; chief of staff, United States Army, 1955-1959; Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, board directors, Mexican Light & Power Company, 1959-1960; president, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 1961; military representative of President of the United States, 1961-1962; chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-1964; ambassador to Vietnam, 1964-1965; special consultant to President of the United States, 1965-1969; president, Institute Defense Analyses, 1966-1969. Member, chairman President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 1965-1969.
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Member University Club, Lotus Club, Chevy Chase Club, Army and Navy Club, Alibi Club, International Club.
Married Lydia Gardner Happer, January 26, 1925. Children: John Maxwell, Thomas Happer.