Tough In The Trench

Life in the trenches was bad. It didn’t matter whether it was a fine day or a cold or a warm day, cold day. Conditions were bad. If it’s a hot day you were down in the trenches. You couldn’t get up to get a breath of air. The sun was beating down on ya, cooking ya. If it was raining, you just stayed there and took it. It didn’t matter whether it was fine day or a bad day. You still had it tough in the trench. There were a lot of rats and lice. I was there about three weeks I think it was, and I took a rash around my waist. I went to the doctor he said, “You have scabies.” He said, “I’ll send you to the hospital.” Well, I get to the hospital there and the doctor said, the hospital doctor looked at me and he said, “You haven’t got scabies. You’re allergic to lice,” he said. “All you need is a bath and a clean change of clothes.” He gave me that and sent me back to my unit.