Trench Foot: A Letter From A Soldier

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As you know I have been fighting in the trenches. This is truly dreadful warfare with very little gained. I am writing to inform you I am being sent home due to Trench Foot. My mates and I are pleased to be coming home, but the cost was very bad. I had both my feet amputated. As you may not know, Trench Foot is a terrible ailment where your feet become too wet from the constant muck in the bottom of the trenches. It causes the feet to swell to 2-3 times the normal level. If it doesn't go down, then you will have to have them amputated. Sadly that was my case. However, I am glad because numerous chaps have gone down with shell shock. This new ailment causes them to be destroyed mentally. They are left in a wreck, not being able to say their

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