Joseph K. Taussig
| Joseph Knefler Taussig | |
|---|---|
Vice Admiral Joseph K. Taussig
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| Born |
August 30, 1877 Dresden, Germany |
| Died | October 29, 1947 (aged 70) Bethesda, Maryland |
| Place of burial | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1895–1941, 1943–1947 |
| Rank |
 Vice Admiral
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| Commands held |
Ammen Wadsworth Division 6, Destroyer Force Division 8, Destroyer Force Little Division of Enlisted Personnel, Bureau of Navigation Columbia Cleveland Trenton Maryland Battleship Division 3, Battle Force Cruisers, Scouting Force Norfolk Navy Yard Fifth Naval District |
| Battles/wars |
Spanish–American War Philippine–American War China Relief Expedition Cuban Pacification World War I Second Nicaraguan Campaign World War II |
| Awards |
Distinguished Service Medal (World War I service) Legion of Merit Silver Life Saving Medal Purple Heart Medal Order of Saint Michael and Saint George U.K. Order of the Merit of Chile |
| Relations |
Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig (father) Captain Joseph K. Taussig, Jr. (son) |
Joseph Knefler Taussig (30 August 1877 – 29 October 1947) was a highly decorated Vice Admiral in the United States Navy. He served in the Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, China Relief Expedition, Cuban Pacification, World War I, Second Nicaraguan Campaign, and World War II.
The son of Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig and his wife Ellen Kneffler, Joseph Taussig was born in Dresden, Germany where his father, a lieutenant (navy) was on special service at the European Station (February 1877 – January 1880). One of five sons, he entered the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in 1895. His older brother, Paul Taussig, had been enrolled at the USNA but died the previous July of a sudden onset of acute appendicitis. Joseph Taussig, like his late brother, excelled in athletics at USNA. A football star, he was quarterback for the 1899 Navy team. He also excelled at track and field events and was president of the USNA Athletic Association. He was the second of a four-generational family of United States Naval Academy graduates that served from 1863 to 1970 starting with his father, Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig (1847–1921), continuing with his son Captain Joseph K. Taussig, Jr. (1920–1999), and ending with his grandson, Captain Joseph K. Taussig USMC (1945–).
When the Spanish–American War began in April, 1898, Taussig was in his final year as a cadet (as midshipman at USNA were known from the latter part of the 19th century until 1902). He was assigned to the flagship of Admiral William T. Sampson, the cruiser New York, and was on board during the bombardment of Aguadores and Santiago and the pivotal naval Battle of Santiago de Cuba on July 3, 1898, where the Spanish fleet was wiped out and Admiral Pascual Cervera taken prisoner.
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