Caleb W. Taylor

The Navy Cross is presented to Caleb W. Taylor, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism as an Observer in the First Marine Aviation Force, attached to the Northern Bomb Group (USN) at the Front in France. While on a bombing raid into enemy territory on October 22, 1918, Lieutenant Taylor became separated from the other planes of the formation on account of fog, and was attacked by seven enemy scout planes. Despite the overwhelming odds he fought with great gallantry and intrepidity until he was killed and his plane shot down.