WW1 Letter - Pretend U are in there shoes and u r dying

Dear Family,
How are all of you? Unfortunately since the last time I visited, I’m not doing so well. I have just recently semi-recovered from a gas poisoning. My lungs have almost entirely burned. Slowly, I seem to be coming closer and closer to death. This may be my last letter and if it is please forgive me if I have done any of you harm. I am terribly sorry that I couldn’t open up my emotions to you all the last time I was there. I kept holding myself back and was very reserved with my feelings, but now I feel the time has come to tell everyone the truth before I die. I can’t seem to come to peace with my inner conscience. I wonder whether or not what I am doing is right or if it is inhumane. I never felt like this when I enlisted. All I ever thought about, then, was the glory of becoming a hero and fighting for my country. However, I have realized that none of this is true; war is neither glorious nor honorable. We live in constant ...