I know a real story close to this
a guy that lived in the independent living place my mom lived in for a few months stopped and talked to me one day and was telling me about storming the beach at Normandy and some other things
a few days later the maintenance guy was securing a new shelving unit to the wall that I had bought for my mom and it was near the end of the day so we were BSing for a bit and I was saying I need to talk to the one guy more and hear about things from him
he told me that after landing at Normandy that guy's unit went all the way through France and into Germany and one day when pretty much everyone on both sides knew the war was over and that Germany was going to lose he that guy was in a trench with the Germans about 20 yards or less in their trench and something happened and he popped up out of the trench just as a German did both holding their rifles at the ready......and after a second or two the guy dropped his.....then the German guy dropped his and they both stared at each other for a few seconds then slowly climbed back down into their trenches and pulled their rifles back to them and went on about their day and the war ended not long after that
I said to the maintenance guy you would have to have a really strong mindset after seeing the things at Normandy happening to those around you, then going through France, and here you are facing one of the ones on the other side of all that and you just decide "not today" and "no need for another senseless killing" when the war was all but done
he said after the war the guy became a driver for a general that was high up in the reconstruction of Europe and he drove all around Europe in a Jeep and saw a ton of historical stuff and places most people hardly know of
I always remembered him too because he was 94 and pretty much all still there and about once a month a whole gaggle of hot women that were daughters (probably a tad bit older than me) and grand daughters (a little younger than me) would come in to visit him and a few great grand daughters would roll in too and occasionally a great grandson.....hell I think there might have even been some great great grand kids too....I thought that guy has lived a hell of a life