Daily Quiz for February 28, 2009

Maxwell Davenport Taylor, a 1922 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, served first in the engineers, then the artillery. In July 1942, he became chief of staff of the 82nd Airborne Division and was promoted to brigadier general five months later, when he became the divisional artillery officer. In March 1944 he took command of the 101st Airborne and was promoted to major general.