War story. As I was getting closer to the Normandy beaches, my heart was beating faster than ever. I didnt know if me and my comrades would survive.

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Umar Ahmed

War story

I could see the shores of Normandy beach. Comrades were dying, millions of lives at stake due to the actions of the Germans. I couldn’t bear any more people dying. As we were getting closer to the beach, I heard the sound of people dying. I couldn’t bear it anymore. I wanted to end this war today, but I realised that it would take a lot more than a small onslaught, that was more than my regiment could handle. My soldiers were vomiting because of sea sick; some were half dead from the attack of a German navy ship. I was frightened of going into battle, losing more comrades to the Germans, but I had to do it for my country.

As I was getting closer to the Normandy beaches, my heart was beating faster than ever. I didn’t know if me and my comrades would survive. We arrived at the Normandy beach to the sound of guns shooting, grenades exploding… and people dying. As I got out of the ship my legs froze. I was too frightened to go into battle, but I knew I couldn’t let my comrades down. I shouted to my comrades get to base. stuttering. I finally arrived as I felt like ages from arriving at the beach to the base. At the base I stocked up, and got out of the ship to the shores. As I arrived closer to the base my body was stuttering. I finally arrived at the base. It felt like ages from arriving at the beach to the base. Then I had a flashback of the last war when I watched all of my comrades die. I didn’t want this happen again.

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Inside the base, I ate a sandwich rapidly, and got ready to go into battle. I looked at a photo of my family, and I wondered if I would ever see them again. I didn’t want to think what would happen to them if I died. I looked around the base and saw some of my comrades crying, because they felt they might lose their family. I felt so sorry for them, because it felt like I could feel the same pain as them, but this will only motivate me to fight stronger. I gave my comrades a few ...

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