Hemingway always wanted to participate in the 'heart' of the battle. That day he was passing around treats to some soldiers, when a trench mortar shell exploded a few feet away. He saw his friend soldier pass out right by him as he was trying to help. Hemingway had extensive wounds from his hips downwards, but still he insisted that his friend had to be treated before taking care of himself. For this act of heroism he received a medal and other awards.
Francesca G
Hemingway went to the front by bike to boost the morale of the soldiers. While he and the soldiers were eating chocolate, they heard a sound and then an explosion as if a blast furnace door had been blown open. He had around 200 pieces of shell buried in his legs and as he fell he bumped his head on a wall. Despite his injuries he tried to save a man that had had both of his legs blown off by carrying him on his back to the station, but the man had already died. Hemingway then crawled back and collapsed. Two soldiers carried him to the station dropping him twice on the way. He was taken to a field hospital and then to an American hospital in Milan.
Sam W.
Hemingway's experience was tragic and shocking and he had the feeling of being dead. As soon as he recovered from the initial shock of the explosion he thought of rescuing others that had been hit by the mortar shell.
He actually managed to save a soldier and for this act he received a medal from the Italian Government.
Giulio T.
Hemingway's experience at the front had a very hard impact on him, not that he hated it, but it was something very different from what I think he expected. He was taking some post-cards and chocolates to the Italian soldiers when a bomb exploded a few feet away from him, killing a soldier, wounding another and blasting his own knees off. When he came back to consciousness, his legs were riddled with fragments of shell but he managed to carry the other wounded soldier to the next dig-out where he was then rescued. For this heroic deed, Hemingway was awarded a silver medal by the Italian Government.
Giulio C.
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