Eventually we came to our trench (or where we would make it). We had crossed trenches that had already been dug and saw the abject misery, any shred of the dreams we had had of war when we signed up was instantly dispelled. It is true what we had heard, this truly is hell on Earth, God has abandoned this place when he saw what his creations are not only capable of doing, but have done a massive scale. It has been raining heavily for almost a week now, in places the water is waist deep, we try 2 avoid those places. Still, i cant remember when my feet were last dry, or the last time the rest of me was dry 4 that matter. Our biggest torment is the lice, millions of them crawling all over us, biting us 2 pieces. If there was some way the german soldiers coudl join up with us against our common enemy, the louse, this blasted war would be over in a split second. So much 4 wishing thinking, but its all we have left really. The only time we get any release from the lice is when we get a short break from the front linem they steam our clothes and we pluck them from our hair, they get EVERYWHERE, 1ce we have them in our hands, we throw them into the flames and watch them crackle, by the time it comes to leave we hav little pieces of exploded louse covering us. We get the wrong clothes back, but atleast they;re lice free, the time after a cleansing is heaven, untill they come back. Oh well, time to get digging then...
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