November 11, 1918. 10:59 am, one last volley of machine gun fire, one last soldier to die.Henry Nicholas John Gunther took one last charge with his bayonet.
The enemy warned him , but he wanted to proof himself. He wanted to show his demotion from Sergeant to Private had been unjustified.
One last hoorah, one last act of bravery. The enemy warned him again but to no avail, Henry N. Gunther kept going, the machine guns rattled, Henry N Gunther fell down,dead. But a Sergeant he was yet again.
His misguided act of bravery was more an act of madness ,because 60 seconds later the war was over. But he wasn’t to blame the so called Great War was based on human insanity.
November 11, 1918. 11:00 am the guns fell silent.
What was supposed to end before Christmas 1914 lasted 4 bloody years 40 million dead and for what?
The guns fell silent but soon they would fire again.
sources
https://www.usar.army.mil/YearInPhotos/igphoto/2001961493/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sgt-henry-gunther-was-last-american-death-wwi-hero-or-n245056
https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Henry_Nicholas_Gunther
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16204809/henry-nicholas_john-gunther
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