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Essay On Joining The Military

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Dear whoever may discover this in the near future; on the unforgiving battle front I fear that the mindset of the unimaginable rejection of death will eventually break me hence this writing; a check of reality. One may spends countless hours dedicating praying and wishing of the forgiveness of a greater entity, regardless of your contributions to the humanity which now can be deemed nugatory , confronting a living hell had almost became routinary. The muffled scream of “medic!” competes with the continuous battle cry of artilleries and rifle rounds, perfuse my bloodstream with adrenaline. Fabricating a false sense of urgency, deep down in my heart I’ve came to acceptance that my responsibility was not to offers medical assistances but rather …show more content…

I was embarrassed , embarrassed of my incompetence and current unemployed status. And there it was, at the time what appears to be a poster of endless opportunities, I observed as if it was displayed on a podium, the text echoed in my head as I read thoroughly. “ Join your Country's army, God save the king.” Optimistically like countless others I visualized a golden opportunity, marching in unison, standing at ease right in front of king George the fife himself, my success was reassured due to my medicine background. That was my first mistake, I conceptualized a false reality of what I could be. Some time passed, I was eager to hear the approval of my long anticipated deployment, September 15 1916 at North Central Somme. I beg my mother farewell and promised to return with a fortune. Upon arrival I experienced an epiphany that is reality, the air stench of feces and black powder, quagmires scared the lackluster barren mud fields that stretched over the horizon and beyond, echos of agonizing pain lingered with each ground shaking explosion. This was

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