paperboy1995 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

i am pretty sure they used gattling guns (a machinegun) in the american civil war

paperboy1995 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

my grandpa's brother was in WWII and this is kinda like shellshock, my mom use to tell me stories that my great uncle would jump to the ground whenever he seen or heard a plane fly

OrigLanceR (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

yeah, twenty months in the trenches during WWI would be too much..way too much..No one had ever seen warfare like that before. Tragic, meaningless war.

TomthatiscalledTom (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

In Belgium, I recently visited some graves of shell shock sufferers who had their charges of desertion posthumously revoked a few years back. One guy had been at the front without leave for TWENTY months. He was clearly out of his mind went he went AWOL but was still shot

Zeanu (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

WEAKLINGS.No, just kidding. Yeah that's gotta be pretty messed up, I have a lot of respect for soldiers from the 1st and 2nd world war. Horrendously intriguing, I must say.

tuubatuubi (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

They had to. If they lived. Hundres were shot for misbehavior, cowardice, etc.. because of "shell shock" like this..

ColdRain99 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

War is madness. I fell so sorry for these guys. They have to deal with this illness for the rest of their lives.

Lcplsexiiiking (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Im sure it was a grammatical mistake!!!!

rhys21kipling (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

"but does your grantfather has still shellshok up to this date?" WTF hahah you don't even make any sense. Come back when Mr historian can type.

Njal117 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Sorry to ask, but does your grantfather has still shellshok up to this date? (sorry, I'm a historian as well as a sensible person, and I can imagine that a person respons to a horrror like this in that way; I consider it a normal reaction)But how is your grandfather doing today?