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“My comrade didn’t return from the battlefield, Lieutenant. Please, let me go look for him!” — said the soldier to his officer.
“I forbid it! I don’t want you risking your life for a man who’s probably already dead!” — the officer replied.
The soldier disobeyed the order and went. An hour later, he returned, mortally wounded, carrying the body of his friend.
The officer was furious:
“I told you he was dead! Now I’ve lost two men! Was it worth it just to drag back a corpse?”
And the dying soldier answered:
“Of course it was, sir. When I found him, he was still alive… and he said to me: ‘I knew you’d come.’”
A true friend is the one who comes when everyone else has gone…
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Dedicated to the blessed memory of Yaroslav Zhuravel, who died a terrible martyr’s death near Zaitseve while trying to evacuate the body of a fallen comrade.🕯
In the photo — the Hero’s daughter holding a portrait of her father.
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“My comrade didn’t return from the battlefield, Lieutenant. Please, let me go look for him!” — said the soldier to his officer.
“I forbid it! I don’t want you risking your life for a man who’s probably already dead!” — the officer replied.
The soldier disobeyed the order and went. An hour later, he returned, mortally wounded, carrying the body of his friend.
The officer was furious:
“I told you he was dead! Now I’ve lost two men! Was it worth it just to drag back a corpse?”
And the dying soldier answered:
“Of course it was, sir. When I found him, he was still alive… and he said to me: ‘I knew you’d come.’”
A true friend is the one who comes when everyone else has gone…
💙🙏💛
Dedicated to the blessed memory of Yaroslav Zhuravel, who died a terrible martyr’s death near Zaitseve while trying to evacuate the body of a fallen comrade.🕯
In the photo — the Hero’s daughter holding a portrait of her father.