What you don’t know going in is that when you come out, you will be scarred for life. Whether you were in for a week, a month, or a year–even if you come home without a scratch–you are never, ever going to be the same. When I went in, I was eighteen. I thought it was all glory and you win lots of medals. You think you’re going to be the guy. Then you find out the cost is very great. Especially when you don’t see the kids you were with when you went in. Living with it can be hell. It’s like the devil presides in you. I knew what I sighed up for, yes, and I would do it again. But the reality of war–words can’t begin to describe it. William Guarnere
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When you go to war you sign up to fight in the front lines and help your country in its time of need. You think you will be safe and will come home, but in reality it does not work like that. When you go in, you find out that it is not all glory and that the cost is very great. The things you did when you were there is something that cannot be taken back and when the war ends, you go home scarred for life. If you do not see any of your friends or see your family, it can be hell.

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