Maxwell D. Taylor

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United States Army general author diplomat human military officer

Maxwell D. Taylor was a prominent U.S. Army general and later Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, noted for his leadership of airborne forces in World War II and his influential role in shaping Cold War military policy.

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Label	Occurrences
Maxwell D. Taylor canonical	15
General Maxwell D. Taylor	1
Maxwell Davenport Taylor	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army general ⓘ author ⓘ diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ military officer ⓘ
appointedBy	John F. Kennedy ⓘ
appointedTo	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ United States Ambassador to South Vietnam ⓘ
awardReceived	Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ Bronze Star Medal ⓘ Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ Legion of Merit ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ Silver Star ⓘ
burialPlace	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
conflict	Cold War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1901-08-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1987-04-19 ⓘ
educatedAt	United States Army War College ⓘ surface form: Army War College Command and General Staff School ⓘ United States Military Academy ⓘ
familyName	Taylor ⓘ
fullName	Maxwell D. Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maxwell Davenport Taylor
givenName	Maxwell ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
militaryRank	General ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy of flexible response doctrine ⓘ influence on U.S. Cold War military policy ⓘ leadership of airborne forces in World War II ⓘ
notableWork	Swords and Plowshares ⓘ The Uncertain Trumpet ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Keytesville, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld	Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ Chief of Staff of the United States Army ⓘ Commander of the 101st Airborne Division ⓘ Commander of the Eighth United States Army ⓘ Commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps ⓘ Superintendent of the United States Military Academy ⓘ United States Ambassador to South Vietnam ⓘ
servedIn	U.S. 101st Airborne Division ⓘ surface form: 101st Airborne Division United States Eighth Army ⓘ surface form: Eighth United States Army XVIII Airborne Corps ⓘ
serviceEnd	1964 ⓘ
serviceStart	1922 ⓘ
spouse	Lydia Gardner Happer ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Market Garden → commander → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

Maxwell D. Taylor → fullName → Maxwell D. Taylor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maxwell Davenport Taylor

Keytesville, Missouri, United States → hasBirthplaceOf → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

subject surface form: Keytesville, Missouri

United States Ambassador to South Vietnam → notableOfficeHolder → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

The Uncertain Trumpet → author → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

Swords and Plowshares → author → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

Swords and Plowshares → mainSubject → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

Commander, Eighth United States Army → notableHolder → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Maxwell D. Taylor

Battle of Carentan → commander → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

Lydia Gardner Happer → spouse → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

Lydia Gardner Happer → spouseOf → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

Lydia Gardner Happer → partnerInLifeOf → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

Lydia Gardner Happer → relativeByMarriage → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

Executive Committee of the National Security Council → hasMember → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

Maxwell Taylor memorial marker → honours → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

Maxwell Taylor memorial marker → hasSubject → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ

Maxwell Taylor memorial marker → namedAfter → Maxwell D. Taylor ⓘ