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Why would many soldiers volunteer to return to combat, even though they are quite aware of its horrors? Is it patriotism or perhaps something else?
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Letter

In his book Goodbye to All That, Robert Graves wrote about what happened when a popular officer was wounded in No Man's Land.

Sampson lay groaning about twenty yards beyond the front trench. Several attempts were made to rescue him. He was badly hit. Three men got killed in these attempts: two officers and two men, wounded. In the end his own orderly managed to crawl out to him. Sampson waved him back, saying he was riddled through and not worth rescuing; he sent his apologies to the company for making such a noise. At dusk we all went out to get the wounded, leaving only sentries in the line. The first dead body I came across was Sampson. He had been hit in seventeen places. I found that he had forced his knuckles into his mouth to stop himself crying out and attracting any more men to their death.

• Why were the wounded collected after dark?
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• Why do you suppose men were willing to risk their lives to save a comrade?
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• What does it say on the part of the officer, knowing his actions will lead to his death?
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