About the Author

Ernest Taylor II is retired after working forty years as a Chemical Engineer in Houston. He got his degree from Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches, Texas. He is from a small town in East Texas called Lufkin. His father was a dentist. His mother, Zoe Taylor, was one of the first women to graduate from Stephen F. Austin. He was the middle child, having an older sister and a younger brother. He grew up in middle-class America in the 1950s and had a good childhood.

He wanted to share his experience in the war of the “day-to-day” life of a soldier, so it’s not about any heroic wartime feats. Ernest would say all soldiers who go to war for the US are heroes.

Ernest lives in Bellville, Texas, with his wife Brenda and their pets. He enjoys volunteer work, gardening, and hunting. He has two sons, a stepdaughter, a son, and lots of grandchildren.