[ WP ] Time travel exists , and a new form of capital punishment is introduced : Transporting the convict back to the worst , practically unsurvivable , places in human history to find yourself in . You are such a convict , and just got sent back . You will do anything to try and survive .

“ Thirty seconds! ” shouted Captain Porter. 
 
 The slow and steady rise and fall of the landing boat made me sick. I held my Thompson submachine gun closer to my body with every splash from each incorrectly aimed artillery shell. The weight, the sturdiness, the cold metal, and the hardwood calmed my fraying nerves. 
 
 I really did not want to kill him. He hurt my pride, and I was wasted. I hit him and he hit his head on the pavement. I swear I did not mean to kill him. I just wanted to hurt him. The jury deliberated for an hour, and the judge was unsympathetic. 
 
 “ You are a despicable coward ”, he said, his jowls shaking with vitriol, “ but I will give you a chance at redemption. You will die with some of the bravest men in history. ” 
 
 ” Ten seconds! ” shouted Captain Porter. 
 
 I could hear the machine guns now. I had never set foot in France before. I was not used to my heavy wool uniform. 
 
 Captain Porter blew his whistle. 
 
 The gate dropped and the sound of bullets felled the three rows of men ahead of me. I felt a burning pain in my gut. Steel met steel as I dropped helmet first to the deck of the boat. I felt the boots climbing over my back. A second later I felt the full weight of a body. I felt cold. 
 
 Then I felt nothing. 

