Título: Ernest Hemingway
Seção: World War I
Background: Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style--which he termed the Iceberg Theory--had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and his public image brought him admiration from later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short-story collections, and two non-fiction works.

Conteúdo: Early in 1918, Hemingway responded to a Red Cross recruitment effort in Kansas City and signed on to become an ambulance driver in Italy. He left New York in May and arrived in Paris as the city was under bombardment from German artillery. By June, he was at the Italian Front. It was probably around this time that he first met John Dos Passos, with whom he had a rocky relationship for decades. On his first day in Milan, he was sent to the scene of a munitions factory explosion, where rescuers retrieved the shredded remains of female workers. He described the incident in his non-fiction book Death in the Afternoon: "I remember that after we searched quite thoroughly for the complete dead we collected fragments". A few days later, he was stationed at Fossalta di Piave.  On July 8, he was seriously wounded by mortar fire, having just returned from the canteen bringing chocolate and cigarettes for the men at the front line. Despite his wounds, Hemingway assisted Italian soldiers to safety, for which he received the Italian Silver Medal of Bravery. Still only 18, Hemingway said of the incident: "When you go to war as a boy you have a great illusion of immortality. Other people get killed; not you ... Then when you are badly wounded the first time you lose that illusion and you know it can happen to you." He sustained severe shrapnel wounds to both legs, underwent an immediate operation at a distribution center, and spent five days at a field hospital before he was transferred for 

user: what was his involvement in WWI?

assistant: Hemingway responded to a Red Cross recruitment effort in Kansas City and signed on to become an ambulance driver

user: did he do anything else besides drive ambulances?

assistant: On his first day in Milan, he was sent to the scene of a munitions factory explosion, where rescuers retrieved the shredded remains

user: did he help?

assistant: "I remember that after we searched quite thoroughly for the complete dead we collected fragments

user: how did he handle all of this?

assistant: Hemingway assisted Italian soldiers to safety,

user: did he help anyone else?

assistant: He sustained severe shrapnel wounds to both legs, underwent an immediate operation

user: how did the surgery go?

assistant: He spent six months at the hospital, where he met and formed a strong friendship with "Chink" Dorman-Smith that lasted for decades

user: what did he do after the hospital?

assistant: While recuperating, he fell in love, for the first time, with Agnes von Kurowsky, a Red Cross nurse

user: did they have a romance?

assistant: Agnes and Hemingway had decided to marry within a few months in America. However, in March, she wrote

user: what happened in march?

assistant: she wrote that she had become engaged to an Italian officer.