Trench foot is like athletes foot, but more intense tenfold. The tops of my feet were bulging, and I constantly had to have custom shoes made for the gashes that ripped through them. Besides the physical fight, I had to experience the mental race with it. I constantly woke up, feeling as if I’m going to die. I’d dream of a battlefield, with my friend left of me. I remembered going over the top, and getting shot at repetitively. Hiding behind a ruined home, just waiting for the gunfire to stop. Then, a german soldier would cut the corner with a bayonet piercing my heart. After that just, poof, I’m in my well-made, comfortable cotton mattress. I wasn’t the only one fighting memories of the war. My friend, Private Mumford, a british solider that decided to take a vacation in the states after the war, experienced schizophrenia, and always talked about the horn that signaled going over the top. The usually could be found in a strait jacket at Eastern State. I’d visit him constantly through the months, and bawl at the sight of him in such a state of
Trench foot is like athletes foot, but more intense tenfold. The tops of my feet were bulging, and I constantly had to have custom shoes made for the gashes that ripped through them. Besides the physical fight, I had to experience the mental race with it. I constantly woke up, feeling as if I’m going to die. I’d dream of a battlefield, with my friend left of me. I remembered going over the top, and getting shot at repetitively. Hiding behind a ruined home, just waiting for the gunfire to stop. Then, a german soldier would cut the corner with a bayonet piercing my heart. After that just, poof, I’m in my well-made, comfortable cotton mattress. I wasn’t the only one fighting memories of the war. My friend, Private Mumford, a british solider that decided to take a vacation in the states after the war, experienced schizophrenia, and always talked about the horn that signaled going over the top. The usually could be found in a strait jacket at Eastern State. I’d visit him constantly through the months, and bawl at the sight of him in such a state of