I am trying to find the book that had the following scene: At war soldiers go get some food leaving one of their comrades (Probably his name was Willie) in a bunker. While they are gone the bunker gets bombed and the soldier inside is killed. A narrator then says a phrase that I remember quite well - he said that when they returned all that was left of Willie could be scraped off the walls with a spoon and (now I'm not quite sure) - either: placed in a tin can or wrapped in a newspaper. A horrible story indeed. Does anyone remember which of Remarque's book is it from?
At war soldiers go get some food leaving one of their comrades (Probably his name was Willie) in a bunker. While they are gone the bunker gets bombed and the soldier inside is killed.
A narrator then says a phrase that I remember quite well - he said that when they returned all that was left of Willie could be scraped off the walls with a spoon and (now I'm not quite sure) - either: placed in a tin can or wrapped in a newspaper.
A horrible story indeed. Does anyone remember which of Remarque's book is it from?