Soldiers Heart Is Life In The Army

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soldier's heart is life in the army what charley expected?
No it's not what he expected in the army because he didn't think it would be this much war going on he saw people dying right in front of him. He saw his generals head get shot off by a cannon and he also saw one of his friends get shot in the chest and in the head. He said that when people got shot some would go down yelling and most of them would be silent. When most of his team got shot then they fell back to a tree and was gonna fight them in the morning when the sun first woke up. Before they were gonna fight them in the morning he went to the creek 20 yards back to get some water he filled his canteen up with water and saw that the creek was full of redness and saw his

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