Military Monday: Sergeant John Willie Taylor at Ancestry.com
Posted by Liv | Filed under Military Monday
really nice feature of Ancestry.com is the ability to create military pages for all veteran ancestors in your family tree! Below is a screenshot of the Military Page I created for my father this month in honor of Veterans Day 2012. Click below to visit the Military Page of Sergeant John Willie Taylor!
Tags: Ancestry Military Page, ancestry.com, John Willie Taylor, Korean War, Military Monday, Seargeant, United States Army
Military Monday: Father’s Army buddies
Posted by Liv | Filed under Military Monday
Below are a couple of photos I found among the few papers and information I’ve been fortunate to locate about my father’s experience in the Eighth United States Army. I’m not sure if this photo of Corporal McCleve and Private First Class James Day below was taken right after Basic Training, or while they served [...]
Tags: 1945-1947, CPL McCleve, Eighth Army, Jesse Deer, Korean War, PFC James Day, US Army
Military Monday: Maybe a Forgotten War, but not a Forgotten Military Life
Posted by Liv | Filed under Military Monday, Surname, Taylor
eterans Day 2011 is this Friday (Nov. 11) and there will be celebrations and parades going on across this country to honor our veterans for their service, commitment, and ultimate sacrifice to this country! My father, John Taylor, was drafted at age 18 to serve in the U. S. Eighth Army’s 169 2nd Engineer Battalion [...]
Tags: African-Americans, ancestor, Battalion Motor Pool, Engineer Battalion, family photo, Japan, John Taylor, Korean War, Masiwa, Motor Sergeant, segregated military, US Army
