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Maxwell D. Taylor
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American military officer and diplomat (1901-1987)
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Maxwell Davenport Taylor was an American soldier, diplomat, and general who served in the United States Army. He participated in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. His military career included commanding the 101st Airborne Division and holding positions as Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and ambassador. He was educated at the United States Military Academy, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the United States Army War College.
Taylor received several awards, including the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Silver Star, and World War II Victory Medal. He authored works such as *West Point looks ahead*, *The Army's needs for mobility*, *The Army and national defense*, *Operation Zapata*, and *Priorities in U.S. defense policy*. He died of natural causes due to ALS in Washington, D.C., on April 19, 1987. He was born on August 26, 1901, in Keytesville, Missouri, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1901
- Died
- 1987
- Works
- 7
Top works
- West Point looks ahead
- The Army's needs for mobility
- The Army and national defense ...
- Operation Zapata
- Priorities in U.S. defense policy
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Keytesville, Missouri, USA
Known for
- Hearts and Minds — Self - Ambassador to South Vietnam 1964-65 (archive footage)1974
- Small World — Self1958
- Crusade in Europe — Self (archive footage)1949
via TMDB
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,797x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,441x
- The REDCap consortium: Building an international community of software platform partners
· 2019 · cited 21,717x
- Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012
· 2014 · cited 21,631x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,616x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Give me three days and three nights of hard fighting, and you will be relieved.”
- “We all have a share in it, and none of it is good. There are no heroes, just bums. I include myself in that.”
- “First, we didn't know ourselves. We thought we were going into another Korean war, but this was a different country. Secondly, we didn't know our South Vietnamese allies. We never understood them, and that was another surprise. And we knew even less about North Vietnam. Who was Ho Chi Minh? Nobody really knew. So, until we know the enemy and know our allies and know ourselves, we'd better keep out of this dirty kind of business. It's very dangerous.”
- “For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?”
- “The atomic explosions over Hiroshima and Nagasaki provided a new case for the decisive character of strategic bombing. The atomic bomb offered air power a new weapon with tremendously increased destructiveness and encouraged once more the belief that an ultimate weapon was in the hands of our Air Force which would allow the United States to impose a sort of Pax Americana on the world. The corollary to this belief was that conventional military forces would have little or no value in the new era.”
- “As we learned on the American frontier, it is impossible to plant corn outside the stockade until the Indians are driven away.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- President
- Lyndon B. Johnson , Richard M. Nixon
- Preceded by
- Clark Clifford
- Succeeded by
- George Whelan Anderson Jr.
- Deputy
- Williston B. Palmer , Lyman Lemnitzer
- Born
- Maxwell Davenport Taylor , ( 1901-08-26 ) 26 August 1901, Keytesville , Missouri , U.S.
- Died
- 19 April 1987 (1987-04-19) (aged 85), Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Education
- United States Military Academy ( BS ), Metropolitan Community College, Missouri
- Allegiance
- United States
- Branch service
- United States Army
- Years of service
- 1922–1959, 1961–1964
- Rank
- General
- Unit
- Engineer Branch , Field Artillery Branch
- Commands
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , Chief of Staff of the United States Army , United States Military Academy , 101st Airborne Division , 82nd Airborne Division Artillery , 12th Field Artillery Battalion
- Battles wars
- World War II Italian campaign Operation Husky Allied invasion of Italy Operation Overlord Battle of Normandy Battle of Carentan Operation Market Garden Battle of the Bulge Siege of Bastogne Occupation of Japan Korean War Vietnam War
- Awards
- Distinguished Service Cross , Army Distinguished Service Medal (4), Silver Star (2), Legion of Merit , Bronze Star Medal , Purple Heart
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Taylor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Keytesville
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- diplomat
- Position held
- Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Maxwell D Taylor official portrait.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- Commons category
- Maxwell D. Taylor
- date of birth
- 1901-08-26
- date of death
- 1987-04-19
- cause of death
- ALS
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Maxwell Davenport Taylor
- Commons gallery
- Maxwell D. Taylor
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- 101st Airborne Division
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- start of work period
- 1918-00-00
- end of work period
- 1964-00-00
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Maxwell Davenport Taylor (26 August 1901 – 19 April 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat during the Cold War. He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagles."
After the war, he served as the fifth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having been appointed by President John F. Kennedy. Taylor, along with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, played a major role during the early days of the Vietnam War in the decision to deploy US combat troops to Vietnam and to escalate the conflict more generally.
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