Dear Will,
It's hard over here, we both knew it would be, but I like the feeling that I'm helping. They killed my dad on November 7. I'm going to make them pay one way or another.
The guys on my boat aren't as happy to be here as me. I've seen five suicides. Two were hangings, three were drownings. Drowning looks like the worst way to go, so painful.
But who am I to say? I can't understand it cause I've never wanted to kill myself before.
You're the doctor here. Does drowning hurt?
Love, Nico
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Nico,
Try not to listen to them about suicide. I don't want you to think about that. Don't think about drowning or hanging. Trust me, I've seen my fair share, too.
Usually, we get patients from gunshot wounds. Half of them survive. We don't get patients who got hit from Big Bertha anymore. They usually die before they get here. Have you ever seen one of those wounds? Both legs blown off? Sometimes their whole head gone?
I know I'm not fighting, I know. But sometimes I think you got the better end of this. You don't have to see the destruction these armies leave in their wake.
Just stay alive.
Love,
Will
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Letters From War
ספרות חובביםNico di Angelo is in the navy and William Solace is an army medic. Both were thrown into World War Two after Pearl Harbor. This is a collection of letters between the two. (No demigods, Solangelo, some talk of violent topics and suicide, complete)
