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minkju t1_iwodnc1 wrote

Reply to comment by Jaded_Prompt_15 in TIL: WW1 Armistice Day was Nov 11th, fighting was to cease at 11:00 AM. An American solider charged a German machine gun nest with 16 mins left, and died at 10:59 AM. The last soldier to die in WWI. by wats6831

US soldiers who fought in the war were there for a couple months to maybe around a year. He definitely could imagine life without war.

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swanqueen109 t1_iwowfm9 wrote

5 months in that trench hell are enough to become insane.

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minkju t1_iwpr8y4 wrote

Oh for sure, all it takes is just one horrible day to change your life. He got sent to the trenches at the very end after working supply lines. My point was that the original commenter made it seem like everyone who was a World War One vet came out like some totally changed person who saw nothing but non stop trench warfare, when that really wasn’t the case at all

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