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Diary Entry Of Children During World War I

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World War 1 was described as a sharp needle that bursts a balloon. When World War 1 ended I could hardly control my excitement. All I thought about the whole day was how dad was coming home and how we would see him after four years. Almost everyone in my class had a parent that was coming home today. We spent the whole class periods talking about how excited we were and how different it would be with them home. My sister and I were nervous that he wouldn't be the same. When we got home from school he was there. We ran up and hugged him and we didn't let him go. We had missed him to much. When he came home it meant mom would have to stop working in the factory. She actually liked working there but she got fired because so many soldiers were

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