[ WP ] Write a soldier 's journal entry on his first day at war . Then write his last journal entry .

Day One 
 
 Well, I am all out of letters to write and I still have a some down time. I'm not sure if I'll make this a regular thing or not yet. We will see. I am going to be sent to a place called Guadalcanal to fight the Japs. They say the fighting has been going for three months now so it should be over by the time I actually get there.I have been told that I am one of the best shots in my unit. Hopefully this proves to be true. 
 
 
 I am a little worried about getting on a ship, what with all the submarine attacks there have been in the last year. Not to mention the fact that I am just plain afraid of the water and tend to get seasick. 
 
 Anyway, I think this is enough for now. I'll think about writing again tomorrow. 
 
 August 3 1945 
 Okinawa 
 
 It looks like I'm going to be heading home in September. My unit was in a lot of heavy combat situations so they decided that we have earned some time off. I have to go back fucking home, and I've spent the past three years fighting. I'm really not sure how I feel about this. 
 
 Although the brass censored our letters they tell us we can say whatever we want now that the war is over, since we have less to worry about, but still It just does n't feel right talking about the war to Mom and Dad. Plus, they would n't understand. I'm not going to tell them about killing Japs, it just is n't right. 
 
 I'm Worried about what I'm going to do when I get home, fighting in a war is n't really all that useful during peace. They tell us that the government is considering paying for our college education. I do n't know what I could possibly study. Who the hell knows I guess I'll find out when I get there. after all its free so I may as well take it. 
 
 I'm not sure if I'm going to keep writing once I get home, I guess it just depends. I mean I've been doing it since'42 so why the hell not.
