Saturday, March 6, 2010
Wounded
Now, aside from all those things, Larry had to deal with being hurt. He hurt his left leg, but thankfully he survived. Many people who have the smallest wounds die because of infecitons and other things that cannot be healed. Most people that get hurt, go to the "hospital" and nurses take care of them, they rest and soon enough they are back in teh battlefiel. But sometimes, there are too many casualties for so little nurses and doctors, so many deaths happen after the wounded man got help. And some wounds take more than a year to heal, but soldiers just have to deal with it. The doctors might try everything they can, but sometimes it take a long time to heal, or it won't heal at all. And moving from one place to another doens't help the wound, because it can cause an infection. Larry Bennett went through a lot with his wound that wouldn't heal, he was strong and survived through it all, even when he got very weak.
Anzio
Being in the army was terrifying, especially when open fire happened and there isn't much you can do, but run for your life. But it's even worse if you're a "doctor" and had to go save wounded men at night trying not to be caught by Germans, but they had to do it, it was their job. The planes flew low, and sometimes scary low, but somehow it seems like the pilots didn't want to hurt others, because Larry worte that a German pilot waved at them, so maybe most of the people fighting were against this war after all. But even the ones against it had to fight for their countries, so Germans shelled the Americans "inviting" them to surrend. The soldiers also had fun, getting mascots and joking around. And they also won medals for bravery and honor.
On to Europe
Larry Bennett wrote about how life was in teh army during WWII, and it's really scary and lonely. You get to meet people, but if something happens to you or to them, you won't know what would happen to your friendship, would both stay behind to help each other? It shows that soldiers wishes they were home with their family and not having to worry about being killed, or surprised attacks, just live their lifes normally. But they couldn't. Instead, they spent days, without eating and living in the woods, their only goal was to survive. Larry seems afraid of everything that can happend to him, and wants to go home. But somehow he forgets a little about that because he's focused on surviving the little fires he's been through, and when he was almost killed by a granade, but wasn't because he hid behind a rock that protected him. He reminded himself about his mother and girlfriend's birthday and wanted to be with them. Life in the army was really hard and scary, but the soldiers couldn't give up now, they had to go through it all, and it's much worse than we can ever imagine.
The Story of Larry Bennett
Lary Bennett's journal entries seem calm. He writes about his life and how he went from high school to the army. Larry didn't say if he wanted or not to go to the army, but he had to go because he was drafted after receiving his 1Aclassification. He had a girlfriend Betty Rendell, who accepted to stay with him even though he'd be gone. Larry sounded upset to be leaving his family and his girlfriend, knowing that maybe he would never see them again, but it was an honor to fight for his country. Betty went to college and he received his letter for teh U.S. Army, so he had no choice, but was proud to be drafted.
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