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| New U.S. Army Air Corps heroes 2nd Lts. Ken Taylor and George Welch. |
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| "Tora! Tora! Tora!" depiction of George Welch running for his P40 at Haleiwa Field. |
| GEN. MARTIN PINS DSC ON 2ND LT. KEN TAYLOR |
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| Lt. Taylor becomes second decorated hero of World War II. |
The Ken Taylor Photo Gallery
While there is much valuable and historical information about Ken's early
career, mostly from a large scrapbook kept by his mother, no photos have been made available during the time he was flying
out of Guadalcanal and few from his numerous other assignments.
Even if dozens of other photos were taken during his career, military
families have many moves and valuable personal items sometimes just get lost along the way.
This gallery while small does contain, along with those on other pages of the Web
site, photographs from the major defining moment of his long career in the U.S. Army Air Corps and later with the U.S. Air
Force.
That was the day he and fellow pilot George Welch took on some 300 attacking Japanese
aircrraft and became designated by the U.S. War Dept. as the first two heroes of World War II.
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| Lt. Taylor in black tie dress required at military clubs in 1941. |
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| Pearl Harbor Museum depiction of ship locations on Dec. 7, 1941. |
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| Wheeler Field is in center of map, Haleiwa Field at top center. |
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| P40 replica from "Tora! Tora! Tora!" film at Wheeler Field. |
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| Ken Taylor tells his story on camera on Nov. 19, 2001. |
Senior officers turned out all available base personnel at Wheeler
Field on Jan. 8, 1942, for the first heroic medal presentation of World War II when 2nd Lt. George Welch, left, and 2nd Lt.
Ken Taylor were decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross for taking on 300 Japanese aircraft during the Dec. 7, 1941
attack on Pearl Harbor. Photo courtesy of the US Army Museum of Hawaii.
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| Restored Wheeler hangar as it was on Dec. 7, 1941. Photo taken 11-29-06. |
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| Wheeler Operations Building today as it was on Dec. 7, 1941. Photo taken 11-29-06. |
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