Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 1941, mwedzi mitatu Pearl Harbor isati yaitika, General George C. Marshall akashevedza Taylor kuti adzokere kubasa uye akamukwidziridza kuva mukuru mukuru. Akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri womutungamiriri weArmy Public Relations. Muna 1942 akaenda kunze kwenyika neGeneral George Patton's Seventh Army, kwaakapinda muchirongwa cheOperation Torch pedyo neCasablanca, uye akaenderera mberi nemauto makuru kuburikidza nekupinda kweSicily, Italy, neSouthern France
. Munguva iyi akasimudzirwa kuva Brigadier General.