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Weblog for HIST 381 at NDSUFriday, February 24, 2006
Reply to Theo and Gallipoli
Theo Said:
...they begin receiving shellfire from the entrenched Turks. The men do not know what to make of this, as they are simply not used to the European ideal of war. They turn to drinking, having fun, and splashing in the water on the beach while getting shelled.
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I haven't seen the film (yet) but I might some insight here. This one time a bunch of us were standing around just inside the border of our camp near Tikrit, Iraq, and a mortar or rocket or something detonated a few hundred meters away. Most of just casually turned our heads and thought, "Hmm, thats nice." A few of the jumpier people actually got down and started hiding under the trucks...we laughed at them. Another day at like 3 in the morning we had 5-6 rockets came in pretty close. big bangs, buldings shake, the whole deal and my main concern was not spilling my coffee (Yes, I was awake at 3 am...probably for 2-3 hours already which explains the coffee). I guess what I'm trying to say is people react to that kind of stuff very differently than you might imagine. There is also just a little bit of excitement (and sometimes alot of queasiness) that comes from the knowledge that you might be about to die and there is very little you can do about it, so why not enjoy yourself?
-Dylan C
...they begin receiving shellfire from the entrenched Turks. The men do not know what to make of this, as they are simply not used to the European ideal of war. They turn to drinking, having fun, and splashing in the water on the beach while getting shelled.
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I haven't seen the film (yet) but I might some insight here. This one time a bunch of us were standing around just inside the border of our camp near Tikrit, Iraq, and a mortar or rocket or something detonated a few hundred meters away. Most of just casually turned our heads and thought, "Hmm, thats nice." A few of the jumpier people actually got down and started hiding under the trucks...we laughed at them. Another day at like 3 in the morning we had 5-6 rockets came in pretty close. big bangs, buldings shake, the whole deal and my main concern was not spilling my coffee (Yes, I was awake at 3 am...probably for 2-3 hours already which explains the coffee). I guess what I'm trying to say is people react to that kind of stuff very differently than you might imagine. There is also just a little bit of excitement (and sometimes alot of queasiness) that comes from the knowledge that you might be about to die and there is very little you can do about it, so why not enjoy yourself?
-Dylan C
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