“In such times as these, the Army must be well trained, well equipped and well led by men of courage and of vision if it is to provide security of the quality and degree which the situation required.”

General Maxwell D. Taylor (1901 to 1987)

Maxwell Davenport Taylor was a US Army officer who became a pioneer in airborne warfare in Europe during World War II, Chief of Staff of the Army from 1955 to 1959, and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1962 to 1964. He later served as US ambassador to South Vietnam during the early years of the Vietnam War (1964-1965).