Ernest Hemingway

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emotions throughout his life.
Introduction
While handing out chocolate bars on the West Bank of the Piave River, Ernest Hemingway was severely wounded by a mortar shell. Even with both his legs penetrated with fragments of ammunition, he carried an Italian soldier to safety. For his courage he was awarded the Croce de Guerra and the Medaglia d'Argento al Valor Militare. During Ernest's stay in a Red Cross hospital he fell in love with a nurse. Agnes Von Kurowsky was seven and a half years older than Ernest, who was almost eighteen. At first Agnes refused his advances, stating that it was against regulations to become involved with a patient. However, after a time, she allowed herself to return the love that was being offered to her. Before Ernest was shipped back to the states they agreed to be married after the war. Only three months later, Agnes wrote Ernest a letter saying that she was going to marry an Italian Lieutenant named Duca Dominico Caraceiolo instead.
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driver with the rigorous shift of twenty-four hours on duty,2 twenty-four hours off duty. In late June he offered to man a canteen close to the front at Fossalta on the Piave River.2 One night while handing out candy bars and cigarettes in the trenches he was wounded by a mortar shell. Even though the shell had hit both his legs, he was able to carry another man to safety. Showing his high moral character he repeatedly refused medical attention before other soldiers. After Ernest had been stabilized he was moved to a makeshift hospital in a nearby village. During his recovery he met a nurse named Agnes Von Kurowsky. Ernest was quite taken with her and tried to repeatedly ...

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