| 词条 | Joseph K. Taussig Jr. |
| 释义 |
| honorific_prefix = | name = Joseph Knefler Taussig Jr | honorific_suffix = | image = Joseph K Taussig Jr 1941.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Official photograph of Taussig as a junior officer | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | other_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|05|28}} | birth_place = Newport, Rhode Island | death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|12|14|1920|05|08}} | death_place = Annapolis, Maryland | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | placeofburial_coordinates = | allegiance = United States | branch = United States Navy | serviceyears = | serviceyears_label = | rank = Captain | rank_label = | servicenumber = | unit = | commands = | battles_label = | battles = Attack on Pearl Harbor | awards = Navy Cross, Purple Heart[1] | memorials = | spouse = | children = | relations = Vice Admiral Joseph Taussig (father) Rear Admiral Edward David Taussig (grandfather) | laterwork = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website = | module = }} Joseph Knefler Taussig Jr. (May 28, 1920 – December 14, 1999) was a United States Navy officer during and after World War II, and a Navy civilian official in the 1980s. He was the son of Vice Admiral Joseph Taussig, and the grandson of Rear Admiral Edward David Taussig. Early life and educationTaussig was born in Newport, Rhode Island, on May 28, 1920.[2] After attending high school in Washington D.C., Taussig entered the United States Naval Academy and graduated on February 7, 1941. He then was assigned to {{USS|Nevada|BB-36}}.[3] Pearl Harbor attackTaussig was the officer of the deck of USS Nevada and senior officer in charge of her anti-aircraft batteries during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.[3] Taussig was severely wounded but refused to leave his station until the crew carried him away. He ended up having his leg amputated, then returned to duty three days later.{{sfn|Cutler|Baker|2004}} He received the Navy Cross for his actions that day.[4][5][6] When he retired from active duty in 1954, at age 34, he was the youngest captain in the Navy.[4] Civilian serviceIn 1981 he returned to Navy service as a civilian.[7] Taussig was "the [U.S.] Navy's first designated high-level safety specialist" and self-styled "safety czar", appointed as a civilian special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy in 1985.{{sfn|Simon|1989}} He twice received the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award.[4] Personal lifeTaussig married Betty Bostwick Carney, daughter of Rear Admiral Robert Bostwick Carney (future Chief of Naval Operations), in 1943.[8] He died from an embolism at Anne Arundel Medical Center, on December 14, 1999, aged 79.[4][6] Betty Carney Taussig established the Joseph K. Taussig Jr. Award at the United States Naval Academy in 2001, in memory of her husband.[9] She died at the age of 94 on April 27, 2015.[10] NamesakeThe Executive Suite at the United States Naval Institute headquarters in Annapolis is named in his honor. References1. ^{{cite news|title=His ship was only one to move|author=Paul Girsdansky|p=D1|newspaper=Annapolis Capital|via=Newspaper Archive|date=December 6, 1987}} 2. ^Social Security death index, U.S. Social Security Administration 3. ^{{citation|publisher=U.S. Naval Institute |work=Naval History Blog|date=December 6, 2011|title=70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor|url=https://www.navalhistory.org/2011/12/06/70th-anniversary-of-pearl-harbor}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{Cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/12/17/capt-joseph-taussig-dies/657a660b-ff69-4e4e-a64d-c08972a395d0/ |title= Capt. Joseph Taussig Dies |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= December 17, 1999}} 5. ^1 {{Cite news|url= http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998-12-07/news/1998341019_1_taussig-uss-nevada-ship |title= Navy veteran proudly bears scars of Pearl Survivor: Joe Taussig's story is of a man, a ship and what happened to both Dec. 7, 1941. |author=Neal Thompson|newspaper= The Baltimore Sun |date= December 7, 1998}} 6. ^1 {{Cite news|url= http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-12-18/news/9912180186_1_taussig-navy-cross-pearl-harbor |title= Capt. Joseph Taussig Jr., 79, awarded the Navy Cross |newspaper= The Baltimore Sun |date= December 18, 1999}} 7. ^{{Cite news|url= http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1999-12-06/news/9912060273_1_taussig-torpedo-bomber-pearl-harbor |title= Aboard Nevada, Annapolis man made sacrifice at Pearl Harbor |author=Douglas Lamborne|newspaper= The Baltimore Sun |date= December 6, 1999}} 8. ^{{citation|work=Time|date=December 13, 1943|title=Milestones|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791248,00.html}} 9. ^{{cite news |title=Mid Receives Gift in Honor of Captain Joseph K. Taussig Jr. |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=1782 |accessdate=September 6, 2018 |agency=United States Navy |date=May 24, 2002}} 10. ^{{cite news |title=Betty Carney Taussig |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/baltimoresun/obituary.aspx?pid=174751982 |accessdate=September 6, 2018 |work=Baltimore Sun |date=May 3, 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.usna.com/custom/GiveRSS.ashx?type=single&newsID=2263 |archivedate=May 3, 2015}} Sources
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