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It’s been about 6 months since I’ve arrived here in Germany. There have been many attacks but the most recent one has a story attached to it. This attack was considered the Second Battle of the Mansurian Lakes or as we like to call it, the Winter Battle of the Masurian Lakes. They planned for us to attack eastward from the front line in western Poland. Once they notified Chief Erich Von Falkenhayn, he sent us an additional 4 army corps. Hindenburg sent Hunt, Kepner, Avery, and myself to go greet the newcomers and tell them about the plan. Once we got back to camp, the general’s told us to prepare for battle because we would start our attack the next day. Of course Kepner started freaking out because she hadn’t had the chance to go down to the

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