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Lice

Lice. Lice were a never-ending problem causing men to itch unceasingly. Lice caused Trench Fever, a painful disease that began suddenly with severe pain followed by high fever. . Patrolling No Man’s Land.

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Lice

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  1. Lice • Lice were a never-ending problem causing men to itch unceasingly. • Lice caused Trench Fever, a painful disease that began suddenly with severe pain followed by high fever. 

  2. Patrolling No Man’s Land • Patrols would often be sent out into No Mans Land.  Some men would be tasked with repairing or adding barbed wire to the front line.  Others however would go out to assigned listening posts, hoping to pick up valuable information from the enemy lines. • Sometimes enemy patrols would meet in No Man's Land.  They were then faced with the option of hurrying on their separate ways or else engaging in hand to hand fighting.

  3. “ There are millions! Some are huge fellows, nearly as big as cats. Men are awakened to find rats snuggling down in the blankets with them.”

  4. COLD, WET FEET

  5. It resulted in Trench Foot

  6. SURVIVORS OF TRENCH FOOT

  7. “You can’t describe the feeling right before you got over the top into No Man’s Land. We shake hands and tell our comrades good-bye.”

  8. Death • Death was a constant companion to those serving in the line. • Inexperienced soldiers were cautioned against their natural inclination to peer over the parapet of the trench into No Man’s Land. • Many men died on their first day in the trenches due to a precisely aimed snipe’s bullet. • It has been estimated that up to one third of Allied casualties on the Western Front were actually sustained in the trenches.

  9. The Smell • Rotting bodies lay around in their thousands.  • Overflowing bathrooms would give off a most offensive stench.

  10. “Propped up against the wall were a dozen men- all gassed, tongues hanging out and eyes starring. One or two dead - most beyond human aid. Their colors were black, blue and green as they gasped for air. We passed many more ditches, stepping over more bodies of the same.”

  11. “When I go back there I feel I'm on consecrated ground. That ground has been trod by all those lovely lads who never came back.”

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