The Macon (Ga) Telegraph reports that Lamar Taylor, 94, died earlier this month. He was one of the last surviving Macon Pearl Harbor attack veterans.
He and his friends had been out on liberty the night before and arrived back at the USS California during the attack. His battle station was already under water, so he formed a team to save others. They cut through a steel deck and rescued 10 or 12 people. Another time, they found a sailor up to his neck in water and got him out but, unfortunately seared his arm in the process.
There are an estimated 43 Pearl Harbor Survivors left in Georgia. Macon is now down to three after Taylor's death.
The Greatest Generation.
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I've read about him. Quite a character. And, he flew off the first two aircraft carriers. Impressive.
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