The second company was taken to a field depot, because they
clearly needed reinforcements. Kemmerich, Meyer, Max, Beyer and
Hämmerling were dead, Haie Westhus was dying, Martens had no legs and there was 120
wounded men.
The soldiers seemed to be in good mood, but the truth was there was not time to reflect about all the events, or they would get crazy,
and one of the strategies used was the quickly forget. One day they were
under fire, in other they were hanging out and meeting people.
After an adventure with some French girls and recognizing
that there was a different world besides the war, Paul got leave-pass of 17 days, being 14 days for leave
and 3 days for a course training. He left in the front his friends and he had
no idea if he would see them again.
Paul returned to his city and everything was different,
since the sun light till the people. He didn’t fit in his civilians’ clothes, the
people wanted to know everything, but he wanted to be quiet. People had the
wrong idea what really happen in the war, they treated him as a hero but he was
just surviving.
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