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The soldiers stories need to be told as they are the most enlightening and interesting, good work!

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Good stuff. Looking forward to part 2.

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Oh man, good stuff. This sounds a lot like my trip to Iraq. I guess I knew that these experiences would be similar across cultures and conflicts but hearing from someone who was there really drives it home.

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Fireworks in a village in the patrol zone of two opposing armies. That's implausible. I would expect all villagers to be in their basements, not merrily celebrating their unenviable position. Then fire in a house and a boiler explosion when the electricity and gas are out. Another implausible development. I am impressed by the commanders lack of curiosity as to these events. As for a mere soldier, he did what he was told to and swallowed the stories as they were, no alternative.

Thank you Rolo for giving us his story. It is a perspective on war we need to read about. I expected a modern version of Storms of steel, I received something closer to Sveik, the brave soldier.

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Hurry up and wait. That's how war is, until, suddenly, it isn't.

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