Unsettleingpresence t1_iwoore4 wrote
Reply to comment by TheNobleCannibal in TIL: WW1 Armistice Day was Nov 11th, fighting was to cease at 11:00 AM. An American solider charged a German machine gun nest with 16 mins left, and died at 10:59 AM. The last soldier to die in WWI. by wats6831
He went against orders to stand down. The Germans tried to wave him off but he kept going so they shot him. He did what he did specifically because he wanted to, despite his superiors telling him not to.
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