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' 3 I I I' I . I I I I If I I , .I' IQ I ,I ' I-' ' '- I' 1' I A I A I 'I . IVA. IX X? M, . 4 L, ti, .gr . XJ. II I II If I I I X ' ' , I , , . , fl 7 Q A77,I X I-KL-J,',St?fjf X iv I f I I I II I I I I I Rear Admiral John McN. Taylor, USN, serves as Commander Cruiser Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, with additional duty as Commander Cruiser Division SIX. He assumed his present post April 1, 1959 following a 2M year tour in the Pentagon, where he served as 9ssistant Chief of Naval Opera- tions for Naval Reserve. His present flagship is the guided missile cruiser, USS CANBERRA, with Norfolk, Virginia, as home port. Rear Admiral Taylor was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 1, 1905, and was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1922, gradu- ating with distintcion in 1926, thirteenth in a class of 457. His most recent promotion, that to Rear Admiral, was in July 1953. He performed a variety of gunnery and communication duties for his first seven years as an officer: aboard USS MISSISSIPPI, on the Staff of Commander in Chief, Battle Fleet, in the Staff of the Com- mandant TWELFTH Naval District, aboard USS PARROTT, an Asiatic Fleet destroyer, and in the battleship USS MARYLAND. He returned to the Naval Academy in 1933 to study ordnance engi- neering at the Postgraduate School. This course, completed in June 1935, was followed by a year of practical instruction in various ord- nance engineering activities. In October 1937, following a tour as ordnance repair officer of USS MEDUSA, he became aide and flag secretary for Commander Battle- ship Division ONE, later transferring to similar duties with Command- er Battleship Division TWO. A tour at the Naval Gun Factory in Washington, D.C., as Assistant Design Ofiicer preceded orders in early 1942 to the new light cruiser USS MONTPELIER. Serving as first gunnery ofiicer aboard that ship, he was awarded a Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry during an engagement with enemy destroyers in the South Pacific in 1934. His duties in the gunnery Held continued when he was transferred to the staff of the Commander, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet. Partici- pating in the Gilberts, Marshalls, Marianas, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa campaigns, he also aided in the planning for the invasion of Japan, which never materialized because of the War's end. The Legion of Merit with Combat VII, was awarded the Admiral during this period for his pioneer work in developing doctrines and methods for pre-assult naval bombardment, and in directing naval gunfire support of amphibious troops and underwater demolition operations. Following World War II, Rear Admiral Taylor returned to Washing- ton, D.C., where he was in charge of the Design Department at the Naval Gun Factory for three years. In April 1948 he assumed com- mand of the attack transport USS GEORGE CLYMER, later becoming Chief of Staff to Commander Amphibious Group ONE. Then, follow- ing a year at the National War College in Washington, D.C., he com- manded Destroyer Squadron SIX in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. In September 1953 he returned to amphibious duties, as Chief of Staff to Commander Amphibious Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. A year later, Rear Admiral Taylor became Deputy Commandant of the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia. In December 1954 he was ordered to command the Military Sea Transportation Service, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Area, with headquarters in London.. i In addition to the Silver Star Medal and the Legion of Merit with Combat f'V,I' Rear Admiral Taylor is entitled to wear the Navy Unlt Commendation Ribbon with Star, the Yangtze Service Medal,.the American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, the Amerlcan Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with eight stars, the World War II Victory Medal, the China Service Medal, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon. - f....I.L.-,' . JL Q . I.:I1.gmz, -.1..,- N Q. . . at' A