Owen Taylor doesn’t believe in luck. Everything he has in life is because he worked hard and he earned it. It wasn’t some omnipotent being or strange cosmic force that gave him these things, it was his sheer power of will. That being said, there is one item that he always keeps on him to remind him of the hard work required to get him to where he is today. His grandfather’s dog tags.
Taylor’s grandfather was a lieutenant in the 68th Infantry Division during World War 2 and was captured during the Battle of the Bulge. He was initially brought to a prisoner of war camp but when it was discovered he was Jewish, he and some of his fellow soldiers were transferred to the Buchenwald concentration camp. Although he never like to talk about it much, Taylor’s grandfather told him about eating nothing but bread and soup made rats they caught, long days spent digging ditches and pits for the other prisoners that didn’t make it, and the nights spent huddled together to both keep each other warm and fend off the rats. His dog tags were taken from him when he arrived at the camp but, when the camp was liberated on April 14th, 1945, they were returned to him. Although they did not bring back happy memories, they reminded him that things can always be worse and to keep working to make things better. When his grandfather passed in 2014, he left those tags to Owen Taylor and they haven’t left his side since. A grim reminder of what the world can be like.
Taylor’s grandfather was a lieutenant in the 68th Infantry Division during World War 2 and was captured during the Battle of the Bulge. He was initially brought to a prisoner of war camp but when it was discovered he was Jewish, he and some of his fellow soldiers were transferred to the Buchenwald concentration camp. Although he never like to talk about it much, Taylor’s grandfather told him about eating nothing but bread and soup made rats they caught, long days spent digging ditches and pits for the other prisoners that didn’t make it, and the nights spent huddled together to both keep each other warm and fend off the rats. His dog tags were taken from him when he arrived at the camp but, when the camp was liberated on April 14th, 1945, they were returned to him. Although they did not bring back happy memories, they reminded him that things can always be worse and to keep working to make things better. When his grandfather passed in 2014, he left those tags to Owen Taylor and they haven’t left his side since. A grim reminder of what the world can be like.
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