The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel (Military Police Corps) Harold L. Taylor (ASN: 0-29694), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility from 15 July 1952 to 5 May 1953. (This award supersedes the prior award of the Legion of Merit, as announced in General Orders No. 142, Headquarters, United States Army Forces, Far East, 25 May 1953.