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Enlists in British army
Empey did not want to wait around until America joined the war so he left and went to Britain to join the British. -
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trench life
Trench life was miserable. Sleeping in the cold mud was the worst thing I could ever imagine. -
Enters the trench life as a British Soldier
Finishing up training for the war I was so excited to start fighting but Entering the war was one of the worst thing I could ever imagine. It made me not care about my life anymore and made me so depressed that i felt that I didn't belong anywhere anymore. -
The first sight of gas
I peeped out of the trench just to see a big, dark, yellow cloud of something moving toward our line. -
The first gas masks to be used
We were finally issued a mask to protect us against gas. The Gas mask was invented on this day April 20th 1915 -
Bullet hit side of my helmet
During this incident I looked over the trench and saw nothing, but fog. A bullet grazed the side of my ear and could barely hear out of it. -
Lost 2 and 2 got wounded
During this event I was shocked when I heard 2 of my close friends die and 2 were wounded. It was so hard for me to move on, but had to since it's war and you have to get used to people dying around you. -
Buried to close friends
the night was cold and windy, but I didn't care about how cold it was, but how i watched my closes friends get buried right in front of me -
War ends
War ends, It's so comfortable for me that I don't need to fear for my life anymore but I don't feel right at home since I have changed over the years so much that i feel weird. 6 words (Bullets scattering around the muddy trenches)