Report a comment Thank you for taking the time to report the following comment to the administrator of this site. Please complete this short form and click the submit button to process your report. Name   E-mail   Reason for reporting comment       Comment in question Posted by CELL 04-20-2008 11:41,   Pretty well-written. European soldiers in combat (throughout the 1600's - 1700's) came to mind with the word 'bayonet', but before that you mentioned 'gas masks' and those weren't in use until the 1900's, I think, so virtually a different type of soldier came to mind, as did the first two World Wars... but then I remembered that in World War I some sort of bayonet was used so that's the final picture I got. So you did a good job in imagery.    The horrors of massacring passing towns/villages came through; very unjust...    And the first 2 lines brought forth a great truth. I suppose when swamped with worries one can sometimes yearn for death, but when actually faced with it, animal/human instinct kicks in and we thoughtlessly want to fight to preserve our life...   » Report this comment to administrator   »  Go back to the story