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Warren Bruce Taylor

Born 5 May 1920 in Centre Hall, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Son of Jessie D. Taylor and Elizabeth A. Fye

Brother of Orvis S Taylor and Quay (Taylor) Smith

Husband of Violet M. (Piegetti) Taylor — married [date unknown] in Pennsylvania, USA

[children unknown]

Died 17 Jun 1985 at age 65 in State College, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Warren Taylor served in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II
Service started: 1941
Unit(s): United States Army Air Force 3 Dec 1945
Service ended:

Warren B Taylor 65 of Centre hall died at the Centre Community Hospital Monday June 17,1985 at 3:21 p.m. He had been employed at the State College Water Authority. He had provided transportation for the disabled and handicapped children to Trinity Lutheran Church Program in State College. He had served in the U S Air Force during World War II and was at Pearl Harbor when it was bombed. He was a Protestant. He was an avid sportsman and enjoyed hunting and fishing. Mr. Taylor was born in Potter Township May 5,1920a son of Jesse D and Elizabeth Fye Taylor. He was married December 18,1945 to the former Violet M Pighetti who survives. also surviving are five sons Warren Bruce Jr and William Franklin both of Centre Hall, Jesse Daniel of Wilkes-Barre, Albert Charles of Pleasant Gap, Clarence Alfred of Cheyenne, Wyoming, five daughters Connie Jane Caprio of Centre Hall,Linda Mae McCauley of Morehead, North Carolina,Juanita Faye Breon of Julian, Annette Marie Vitale of San Jose,California,and Mona K Fino of Boalsburg,and 21 grandchildren and a sister Della J Smith of York. Funeral service will be at Jeffries-Heintzelman Funeral Home, Centre Hall Thursday at 10:30 am with Rev. David K Hertzler of Centre Hall officiating.Burial will be in the Zion Hill Cemetery, Potter Towhship.Friends will be received at the funeral home Wednesday from 7 to 9 pm. Warren Bruce Taylor served in the USAAF in World War II. He was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 when the base was attacked by Japanese aircraft. When the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked O‘ahu's military installations on 7 December 1941, their planes bombed and strafed Hickam to eliminate air opposition and prevent U.S. planes from following them back to their aircraft carriers. Hickam suffered extensive damage and aircraft losses, with 189 people killed and 303 wounded.

Sources

Obituary: Centre Daily Times- 5/18/1985

Burial Zion Hill Cemetery Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA Created by: Yvonne Freed Dunn Added: 24 Mar 2014 Find A Grave: Memorial #126812740

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Lawrence Bailey

We saw two bombs drop and when the pilot pulled out, the emblem of the rising sun underneath his wing. I realized we were at war. ... The plane came so close. I could actually see the goggles on the rear gunner as he turned his gun towards. My first reaction was fear, and I hid behind a an I- beam. When some of our men grabbed pistols and rifles and started shooting at the planes, I started putting machine guns in the mounts of the planes. The men that weren't manning machine guns or bring out ammunition were helping the men coming off the ships get cleaned up.Men came in covered with grasy oil, they had oil intheir eyes.

Joe Morgan, Aviation Ordnanceman, 3rd Class, US Navy

posted 19 Dec 2016 by Lawrence Bailey [thank Lawrence]

Lawrence Bailey

We started roll call a little earlier than usual that morning. Before they even got to my name, we heard a loud explosion. There were about 25 of us; we broke and ranks and ran outside the hangar to see what was going on. A dive bomber went over head about 75 feet up in the air the gunner in the rear cockpit starting shooting . We could hear the bullets hit the concrete: they were ricocheting around, going between our legs, kicking up dust and dirt and grit. No one was hit: that was a small miracle

Aubrey Gray, Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class, US Navy

posted 19 Dec 2016 by Lawrence Bailey [thank Lawrence]

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