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Al Taylor did 3 tours of Vietnam.  He flew the first Buffalo in to DaNang in 1962 and did three straight days of non stop missions into a small outpost trying to hold out in the early war.  In 1966 he led one of the first Huey units optimized for the gunship role and in 1967 during TET he actually used rocket fire to attack the home he had lived in during his first tour. After that attack his crew chief counted 180 bullet holes in his aircraft and Al had a bullet go through his calf.   In 1972 he was the commander of a fixed wing Battalion that operated throughout SE/Asia headquartered in Da Nang.
After completing military service he retired in Sierra Vista and taught P E and was a varsity Defensive coach with Truman Willamson.  Al was a mentor to all and went above and beyond to assist all veterans.  
Al died yesterday.

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RIP Sir, and welcome home. Well Done.

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Halfway down the trail to Hell
In a shady meadow green
Are the Souls of all dead Troopers camped
Near a good old-time canteen,
And this eternal resting place is
know as Fiddlers' Green


Marching past straight through to Hell
The Infantry are seen
Accompanied by the Engineers,
Artillery and Marines,
For none but the shades of Cavalrymen
Dismount at Fiddlers' Green


Though some go curving down the trail
To seek a warmer scene,
No Trooper ever gets to Hell
Ere he's emptied his canteen.
And so rides back to drink again
With friends at Fiddlers' Green


And so when man and horse go down
Beneath a sabre keen,
Or on roaring charge of fierce melee
You stop a bullet clean.
And the hostiles come to get your scalp
Just empty your canteen,
And put your pistol to your head
And go to Fiddlers' Green


Rip sir.