Ensign Thomas H. Taylor Receiving the Navy Cross
Ensign Thomas H. Taylor Receiving the Navy Cross | |
| Navy Secretary Frank Knox pinned the Navy Cross for distinguished service on Ensign Thomas H. Taylor in Washington, March 17, 1942. Knox said that Ensign Taylor, though wounded, deafened because of broken ear drums, and suffering burns, took command of an anti-aircraft battery directing its fire accurately during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7.
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