{"id":318920,"date":"2024-11-12T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=318920"},"modified":"2024-11-14T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T13:17:09","slug":"lasting-impact-taylor-road-commemorates-vietnam-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=318920","title":{"rendered":"Lasting Impact: Taylor Road Commemorates Vietnam Veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n The 1st Infantry Division conducted a street renaming ceremony to commemorate the heroic actions of Capt. Larry L. Taylor, a veteran of the 1st Inf. Div. awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War, on Fort Riley, Kansas, Nov. 1, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Autumn Johnson)
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FORT RILEY, Kansas – The 1st Infantry Division conducted a street renaming ceremony to commemorate the heroic actions of Capt. Larry L. Taylor, a veteran of the First Division awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War, on Fort Riley, Nov. 1, 2024.<\/p>\n

The ceremony to commemorate Taylor\u2019s heroism during the Vietnam War took place at the corner of formerly named Smoky Hill Road and Marshall Drive meet on post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a tremendous honor for a tremendous pilot,\u201d said Sgt. (Ret.) Dave Hill, a veteran of the 1st Infantry Division, rescued by Taylor in the Vietnam War. \u201cAs long as we remember him in events like this, Larry is still here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The newly named Taylor Road is another reminder of the 1st Infantry Division\u2019s dedication to honoring the legacy of Soldiers of the Big Red One.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the very great privilege of training with Larry Taylor in my early months of Vietnam,\u201d said Chief Warrant Officer 2 (Ret.) J.O. Ratliff, a veteran of the 1st Infantry Division who co-piloted alongside Taylor in the Vietnam War. \u201cHe absolutely embodied \u2018Duty First\u2019 by risking his life to save ours.\u201d<\/p>\n

On June 18, 1968, at approximately 9 p.m., a horn sounded, and the pilots raced to get their helicopters enroute to a rice paddy near a village south of Ap Go Cong, B\u00ecnh D\u01b0\u01a1ng Province of the Republic of Vietnam. After learning that the coordinates led to a four-man long-range reconnaissance patrol team whom the enemy had outnumbered and surrounded, Taylor had to think fast.<\/p>\n

He told his co-pilot to fire his last bullets along the east side of the patrol group then go back to base. Taylor used the helicopter\u2019s lights to conceal his patrol group as they fled for safety. Flying into the enemy, in his helicopter designed for two, he rescued four additional people on its landing gear – a feat never attempted before.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile Captain Larry Taylor dismissed his actions as \u2018just doing his job\u2019, he fully embodied duty first,\u201d said U.S. Army Col. Matthew Hardman, the deputy commanding officer of maneuver of the 1st Infantry Division. \u201cWith the naming of this street, we have a tangible daily reminder of his legacy and that heroes have and do walk among us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor\u2019s bravery and valor enabled families to be reunited, and his life, service, and indelible leadership will continue to beacon inspiration, urging everyone in the Big Red One to strive for excellence and carry forth his legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 1st Infantry Division conducted a street renaming ceremony to commemorate the heroic actions of Capt. Larry L. Taylor, a veteran of the 1st Inf. Div. awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War, on Fort Riley, Kansas, Nov. 1, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Autumn Johnson) (Photo Credit: Pvt. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318922,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=318920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318923,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318920\/revisions\/318923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/318922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=318920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=318920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=318920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}