Cybermat47
11-11-18, 06:38 AM
100 years ago, the guns fell silent on the western front. The four years of slaughter that took the lives of over 17 million servicemen and civilians was finally over. But lives would continue to be lost to PTSD, and those who survived would be forever changed.
Today, 100 years later, we remember the fallen, and reflect on their sacrifices. We remember the soldiers who charged from the trenches again and again, and those who held the line again and again. We remember the sailors who fought in the line of battle and under the sea. We remember the men who flew above the trenches and cities, photographing and bombing them, and those who shot them down.
We remember the merchant sailors who struggled to get their precious cargo where it was needed. We remember the firefighters who doused the flames of incendiary bombs, the ambulance drivers who rescued the victims, and the doctors and nurses who did all they could for the injured and dying. We remember the reserved occupation holders, whose unglamorous toil made everything possible. We remember the innocents, caught in the crossfire of emperors and kings.
We remember the horrors and tragedies that came afterwards and that we know today, as those who did not learn from history plunged the world back into the hell of war, again and again.
But perhaps saddest of all, we think of the horrors and tragedies still to come.
Today, 100 years later, we remember the fallen, and reflect on their sacrifices. We remember the soldiers who charged from the trenches again and again, and those who held the line again and again. We remember the sailors who fought in the line of battle and under the sea. We remember the men who flew above the trenches and cities, photographing and bombing them, and those who shot them down.
We remember the merchant sailors who struggled to get their precious cargo where it was needed. We remember the firefighters who doused the flames of incendiary bombs, the ambulance drivers who rescued the victims, and the doctors and nurses who did all they could for the injured and dying. We remember the reserved occupation holders, whose unglamorous toil made everything possible. We remember the innocents, caught in the crossfire of emperors and kings.
We remember the horrors and tragedies that came afterwards and that we know today, as those who did not learn from history plunged the world back into the hell of war, again and again.
But perhaps saddest of all, we think of the horrors and tragedies still to come.