Hemingway's Soldier's Home: Hemingway's Personal Experiences In Ernest Hemingway’s short story, “Soldier’s Home,” Hemingway’s personal experiences from the war are evident. Hemingway’s life and the life of the main character, Krebs, are very similar. When Hemingway is describing Krebs life it is almost like he is describing his own life. Krebs was a soldier in the war and Hemingway was and ambulance driver. Hemingway did and saw many things during the war that changed him after the war was over. The short story “Soldier’s Home” is more like a biography of that time in