 Complete the following phrase:  In summer 1943, Taylor was deployed to Cairo to gather watercraft for the units upcoming missions in the Aegean Sea. Taylor was active before the Battle of Leros, dodging German troops and carrying supplies to MI6 operatives. He often collaborated with American film actor Sterling Hayden, who worked for the OSS Special Operations branch. In September 1943, Taylor was appointed OSS Operations Officer in Italy, where he set up a Maritime Unit branch in the city of Bari to supply Josip Broz Titos Yugoslav Partisans, a guerilla force fighting against Nazi Germany in 