Taylor, Maxwell (Davenport)
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born Aug. 26, 1901, Keytesville, Mo., U.S.
died April 19, 1987, Washington, D.C.
U.S. army officer.
He graduated from West Point and helped organize the army's first airborne division early in World War II. He commanded a parachute assault in the
Normandy Campaign and in the Battle of the
Bulge (1944). He served as commanding general of UN forces in Korea (1953),
as U.S. Army chief of staff (1955–59), and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1962–64). He was appointed ambassador to South Vietnam (1964–65) and was a special consultant to Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson (1965–69). He advocated the maintenance of conventional infantry as a prudent alternative to the use of nuclear weapons in war.
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Taylor, Maxwell Davenport — ▪ United States army officer born August 26, 1901, Keytesville, Missouri, U.S. died April 19, 1987, Washington, D.C. U.S. Army officer who became a pioneer in airborne warfare in Europe during World War II. A 1922 graduate of the United States… … Universalium
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