Jaundice!

John Henry "Johnnie" Taylor sailed to France on the same ship as Grant Willard in May 1917, and they served together in the same outfits throughout the war. Born in Manhattan in 1899, Taylor, at the age of 17, was by far the youngest member of Norton-Harjes Section 61. Grant took an immediate liking to him and, wanting to be a positive older role model for him, arranged it so Taylor would be his aid on his ambulance.

Taylor died in July 1994 in Connecticut at the age of 94.

Summer 1917: "Hap" Ahlers, at left, Grant Willard, 2nd on left,
two unidentified men and John H. Taylor on right.

Friday, September 20, 1918:

Not feeling much better today. Johnnie [Taylor] has a fever and is feeling rotten generally so he and I went to bed! A doctor came over to look at us from the hospital. He pronounced Johnnie’s ailment as the grip and mine as the jaundice. He arranged with our lieutenant for me to go to Paris and convalesce under Capt. Whitney. Johnnie could go with me if his fever went down by tomorrow.