Crowds lined the streets of downtown Chattanooga on Monday to welcome home retired Army Capt. Larry Taylor, a Vietnam war veteran whose daring helicopter rescue of four men pinned down by enemy gunfire in 1968 recently earned him the nation’s highest award for military valor.
President Joe Biden presented Taylor, a Signal Mountain resident, with the Medal of Honor during a ceremony last Tuesday at the White House.
A series of marching bands, veteran organizations and local ROTC units proceeded down Market Street as attendees along the parade route cheered. Taylor served as the grand marshal and rode in the back of a red convertible near the head of the column, waving at passersby.