During World War I from 1914 to 1918, soldiers in the front line their main priority for survival was getting some sleep, something to eat, a way to move their artilleries, themselves, their gear, and even the wounded from one location to another. Some soldiers with different ranks were allowed to write diaries. Sergeant Elmer F. Straub wrote in his diary how he was able to get some sleep through artillery barrage. Corporal Eugene Kennedy wrote in his diary how tents had to be taken down, roll packs, and leave with in fifteen minutes; not to mention the loaf of bread that he shoved in the breast of his overcoat. And Captain John Trible, who register in his diary that his medical unit had moved to a "pretty civilized" village, and secured a