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Description
Mr. Close describes his reaction to his first two experiences with enemy shell fire.
Transcription
You hear the stories from the fellows that had been in. I was not apprehensive. Some fellows was, but I was just, had a feeling, could I stand up to it like you’re supposed to stand up to it? Because some of them confided to me that they didn’t know whether they could take it or not, you see. Before we went in the line we carried stuff up to the line and one night a shell lit right near us and it started to hiss. Me, being a greenhorn, I thought the thing was going to blow us to pieces, but somebody near me hissed, “Get your gas mask on,” so I was much relieved that it was just a gas shell. That was my first experience.