Diary Entry For Ww1 Soldier

I am writing to you because the days here are no longer bright. The Sun does not shines the way it once did. It doesn’t look like we have much of a chance against the Germans anymore. I want you to know, in the case that anything should happen to me, that having you as a friend my whole life has been more than I could ever ask for. There’s no need to worry about me as I knew when I enlisted the risks that came with wearing my uniform. It’s funny. I boasted with pride and proudly paraded out of town to head into this war (War Horse). Now all that nationalism and patriotism has disintegrated along with my hopes of ever returning home. The Germans have proven not as feasible as our captains thought. War has been nothing like the stories we’ve …show more content…
No man’s land no longer seemed so intimidating. It seemed impossible for the Germans to survive such a massive bombardment. As we crossed the twenty miles, crawling through the dirt mounds, I was sure we had this one (Paths of Glory). Our troops were so confident that a famous soccer player kicking a soccer ball led us into battle, and Larry and I were not far behind(Learning Channel). I was one of the thousands of soldiers confidently sent out into no man’s land towards the Germans in an attempt to end the stalemate not knowing the horror to come (Learning Channel). As we approached the enemy wire we were met with a storm of bullets and poor Larry didn’t survive it (Learning Channel). “The ground was strewn with our dead and in all directions were wounded men crawling on their hands and knees. It was piteous and it is a dreadful thought that there are occasions when one must resist the entreaties of men in such condition and leave them to get in as best they can, or lie out in the cold and wet, without food, and under fire, as they often have to do for days and nights together” (Fletcher). Larry was a good man. He had his whole life ahead of him; reminded me much of