The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Kenneth C. Taylor, United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement while participating in a daring daylight formation incendiary attack on the key industrial city of Yokahama, Japan on 29 May 1945 as combat crew members of a B-29 aircraft based in the Mariana Islands. As they began their bombing run, intense anti-aircraft fire from the very heavily defended area scored hits on their bomber beneath the floor of the navigator’s compartment. Fire broke out, filling the aircraft with smoke. Despite this dangerous hazard, they remained in formation on the run releasing the bombs on the target with devastating effect. After bombs away, with the cabin completely filled with smoke, they left the protective formation to avoid collision with another plane. The crew prepared to bail out, however, they made a further investigation of the fire and, after breaking through the floor boards and using not only the fire extinguisher but also the complete supply of drinking water, brought the fire under control. Although the electrical system was almost completely burned out, they flew the crippled aircraft with exceptional skill safely to an emergency field and landed under the most difficult conditions. The outstanding airmanship, bravery, and unceasing devotion to duty displayed by these veterans of repeated assaults against the Japanese homeland reflect the highest credit on themselves and the Army Air Force.