Question

A passage from the October 8, 1918, diary entry of Corporal Elmer Sherwood, a soldier in the American Expeditionary Force in France: Two of our fellows had already been wounded by an explosion near our kitchen this morning, but I was determined to go back for some mess because I was so confounded hungry. Besides, shells scemed to be landing everywhere and one place seemed about as safe as another (or as dangerous), so I climbed out of the trench and made my way carefully back to the clump of bushes where our kitchen was concealed I had just got a panful of slum and started eating when I saw part of the temporary trench which I had left screened by an exploding shell. I thought it had come over the trench, but no just then Smithy and Netterfield jumped out calling for stretchers. I dropped my mess and ran to the trench and looked in. Poor Art was dead, one arm completely severed from his body. Danny had a hole in his stomach and we placed him on a stretcher and sent him back to the first aid station. I have seen many die, but none have been so close to me as these fellows. I have worked with them and fought beside them every day since I joined the outfit, and they have been my best pals. But we must carry on, whatever happens

How did Corporal Sherwood narrowly escapw injury or death?

Answer 1

Corporal Sherwood was hungry and wanted to eat something at the kitchen mess.

He thought bombshells are landing every landing everywhere whether he stays here in the trench or anywhere near the mess, it makes no difference what he choose.

Eventually, hunger got better of him and he crawled out from his trench where he was hiding.

Just when he was eating panful of slum he saw bombshell exploding over the trench, but when smithy and nettterfield jumped calling out for the stretcher, he realized how lucky he was to escape to escape death or injury.