The December 7, 2006 edition of the Tulsa World had this article about the “first official heroes of World War II”:
Ken Taylor was one of only two American pilots able to take off and fight back during the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Sixty-five years later, despite Taylor’s recent death, a friend is still trying to get the U.S. military to award him the Medal of Honor.
Gen. Taylor, USAF Ret., a native Oklahoman, died Saturday, Nov. 25, 2006 in Tucson of natural causes. A friend, John Meek (also an Okie) has been lobbying Congress to award General Taylor and his squadron mate, George S. Welch, the Medal of Honor.
You can read the whole story at Pearl Harbor Hero.net
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