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Save 1,600 Soldiers or Die Trying" - Epic WW1 Journey That Changed Everything | 1917 Story
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Jan 12, 2025
Experience the breathtaking journey of two brave soldiers during World War 1 as they race against time to save 1,600 men from certain death. This incredible true story follows Lance Corporals Schofield and Blake across enemy lines in a desperate mission to stop a doomed attack. 🎖️ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ### Keywords Included: - World War 1 History - Military Documentary - War Stories - Historical Events - Military Strategy - Battlefield Stories - War Heroes - Military Operations ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🎯 Watch the incredible story of sacrifice, brotherhood, and courage as we follow this perilous mission across No Man's Land. From aerial battles to underground bunkers, witness the brutal reality of war and the extraordinary lengths one soldier goes to deliver a message that could save thousands. 🎖️ "Save 1,600 Soldiers or Die Trying" - Epic WW1 Journey That Changed Everything | 1917 Story 🔥 🔔 Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and hit the notification bell to never miss our latest historical documentaries! --~-~~-~~~-~~-~--~-~~-~~~-~~-~--~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
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two young Lance corporals William
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scoffield and Tom Blake were resting in
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the field after a while a sergeant came
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up to them and told them to follow him
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urgently the sergeant led the soldiers
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to General Aaron Moore who tells them
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that on April 6th 1917 aial
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reconnaissance reports that the German
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Army which left the front line in
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northern France is not actually
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retreating but is carrying out a
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strategic withdrawal to a well-fortified
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defensive line where the Germans are
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going to meet the British Army's
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offensive and then crush it the general
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instructed the corporals to hand over
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the package containing the announcement
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of the cancellation of the offensive to
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Colonel McKenzie of the second Battalion
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of the Devonshire regiment and cancel
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the planned offensive which would
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endanger the lives of
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1,600 people including Blake's brother
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Lieutenant Joseph Blake all telephone
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lines have been cut by the retreating
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Germans Two Sold ERS will have to cross
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the battlefield abandoned German
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positions and the front line Blake is
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determined to save his brother scoffield
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tries to persuade his friend to at least
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wait until dark so as not to become an
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easy target for the Germans but Tom does
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not give in to persuasion friends have
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already climbed out of the trench and
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started their Journey after passing an
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obstacle in the form of a wire they got
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to the neutral Lane they had to hide
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from the slightest noise as it was not
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known whether the Germans had left or
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not when they reached the front line
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they checked the entire enemy trench and
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made sure that the Germans had left but
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only recently in search of a safe
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passage they descend into a through
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bunker Barracks they notice the trip
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wire left by the Germans in time but a
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huge rat touches the wire an explosion
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is heard and scoffield is overwhelmed by
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debris Blake pulls his friend out from
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under the rubble and they begin to run
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along the collapsed fortification once
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on the other side of the front scoffield
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comes to his senses and angrily asks
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Blake why he chose him to carry out the
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mission Blake says that scoffield can go
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back at any time but his friend refuses
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and they go on coming out of the forest
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they notice a small house and
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immediately decide to inspect it and if
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they are lucky they can find food there
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was nothing in the house and the
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soldiers went outside in the sky there
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was a battle sea an air battle between
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two British airplanes and one German the
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German plane is hit and it starts to
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fall down and then abruptly changes
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Direction and lands right next to the
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soldiers soldiers pull a German pilot
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out of the burning cockpit while
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scoffield was running for water the
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Germans stab Blake with a knife
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scoffield returns and immediately kills
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the pilot scoffield tried to lift his
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friend and help him get to the hospital
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but Blake is in great pain from the
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slightest movement and he dies in the
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arms of his friend a military column
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next to another section of the front
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stops near the farm Captain Smith offers
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scoffield a ride to AUST St Maine the
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captain wished the soldier good luck and
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scoffield got into the truck on the way
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the car gets stuck and can no longer
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Drive the soldiers offered to find
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boards and put them under the wheels
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scoffield realized that it would take
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too much time and asked the soldiers to
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push the car with him at first almost no
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one responded only a few men stood
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behind the car and tried to do something
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but when scoffield said that if he did
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not have time to pass the information to
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the second Battalion 1,600 people would
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die then the other soldiers heard it and
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also came to help the car was
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successfully pulled out and they went on
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on the way to the bridge which was the
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only way to get to the other side the
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soldiers began to ask scoffield about
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his mission which he was assigned but
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their conversation was interrupted by a
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driver who reported that the bridge over
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the river was broken and they would have
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to go around scoffield realized that it
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would take too long he said goodbye to
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the soldiers and was about to leave but
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Captain Smith left him he warned the
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Corporal that when the soldier reports
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to the commander of the second Battalion
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about the order to retreat there should
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be Witnesses with him since perhaps the
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captain will want to attack the Germans
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too much and kill the Corporal scoffield
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thanked him and set off crossing the
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bridge Soldier came under Fire from a
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German shooter scoffield took out his
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weapon and carefully moved closer to the
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house from which the shots were fired
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after making a couple of shots from
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cover he went into the house scoffield
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kills the German but the bullet knocks
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scoffield unconscious at night he wakes
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up due to the fact that water drips on
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top of him and continues on his way
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Crossing an abandoned city he stumbles
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Upon A Detachment of Germans and
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escaping from the shooter he hides in
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the basement looking around the room he
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finds a young French woman with a small
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child she explains to him where the
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place he is looking for is and treats
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his wound he gives the girl all his food
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supplies as well as the milk he found on
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the farm the girl persuaded him to stay
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until Nightfall but refused because he
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was in a hurry he bumps into the Germans
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again after killing one German Soldier
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and running away from others he jumps
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off a cliff into a stormy River having
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overcome the Rapids in the waterfall the
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exhausted scoffield barely finds the
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strength to get ashore passing through
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the forest that was by the river the
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soldier heard the sounds of singing and
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went to them after a while he saw a huge
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number of soldiers who were sitting
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around the singing man his forces are
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leaving him but after learning that in
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front of him is a company of the devire
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regiment already ready to go on the
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offensive scoffield rushes in search of
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Colonel McKenzie he pushed the military
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to the sides in order to get to the
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colonel as quickly as possible the first
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wave is on the offensive scoffield runs
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to intercept the attackers on the on the
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sheld field but the colonel is nowhere
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to be found the first wave was to launch
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an attack in a minute some commanders
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showed the soldier where Mckenzie was
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there were 30 seconds left before the
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start of the attack and the Corporal
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climbs out of the trenches to get to the
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colonel as quickly as possible the first
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wave has already started its otaku
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having reached the headquarters bunker
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the soldier wanted to enter it but two
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officers did not let him in after
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pushing through the military
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scoffield managed to run into the
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building he started talking about the
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colonel canceling the order urgently but
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the captain did not listen to him then
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scoffield started shouting that the
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Germans had planned everything and were
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waiting for their offensive the colonel
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took the letter and read it he changed
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his face and after a short silence
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ordered the offensive to be urgently
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cancelled and doctors to be sent for the
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wounded the colonel told the Corporal to
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leave the room on the way out SC field
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asked the officer how he could find
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Lieutenant Blake he said that Blake was
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in the first wave of the offensive and
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he should be looked for at the
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evacuation Point walking through the
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Dugout trench he heard wounded people
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asking for help many of them couldn't
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even walk by themselves when he reached
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the evacuation Point scoffield tried to
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find Blake but he did not respond after
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a while he heard a voice that was very
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similar to Tom's voice he immediately
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approached the lieutenant and introduced
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himself Blake started to ask about his
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take but scoffield was silent he didn't
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know what to say but then he still talks
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about Tom's death and gives him his
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brother's Rings scoffield had already
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turned around to go for a snack but
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remembered that he had promised Tom to
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write to his mother and say that he
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loved her very much tired and exhausted
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scoffield leaves and sits down under a
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tree he took out photos of his family
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from under his jacket and began to look
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at them dreaming of being home with them
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as soon as possible