Creative Writing On Life In The Trenches

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Hope you are well, I’m fine. Life here in the trenches has been horrible. So many people have been extremely sick and some are even dying, mostly from disease and infections also from being bitten by these cursed rats. A lot of people are getting a disease called trench foot. It’s when your socks are wet for too long while you’re in your boots. It’s like ten times worse than athlete’s foot. I have a few clean pairs still but it would be great if you could send me some more please. A lot of the men who got trench foot had to get it cut off. Another problem are damned rats. Since all the fallen bodies are just laying around these rats are having a feast. I saw one the other day the size of Ms. Tanner’s cat. These rats are spreading disease

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