The Davis Enterprise reports (12/15/15): U.S. Navy when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He remembers vividly the horrors of that day, when he and his shipmates on the USS Sumner shot down a Japanese torpedo plane. After his Navy service ended in 1944, Taylor went to law school and later served as a Yolo Superior Court judge.
At 95, most of us would be able to report some interesting stories. The Davis Enterprise reports that retired CA Judge Warren Taylor passed away on the eve of the 74th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor invasion. Taylor, serving in the US Navy, was just 21 on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, where he was stationed on the USS Sumner.
In 2011, he wrote, “I was terrified, and in retrospect still find it hard to believe that I am alive at the age of 91. May it never happen again,”
Following his service in the war, Taylor went on to law school and then onto a distinguished legal career where he would serve as Yolo Superior Court judge from 1963 to 1984.
It’s not usual for us to report on the passing of individuals, even California judges, but we would be remiss not to honor and recognize the deep public service of Judge Taylor.
