Ernest Taylor II is retired after working forty years as a Chemical Engineer in Houston. He got his decree from Stephen F. Austin in Nacodoches 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 middle class America in the 1950's and had a good childhood. He wanted to share his experience in 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 and a step daughter and son and lots of grandchildren.