According to " Band of Brothers ", though ostensibly evacuated for severe trench foot, his transfer was due in part to Joseph Toye and William Guarnere, being badly maimed by artillery fire resulting in each losing a leg.
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In cold weather, the trapped air in Saran insoles kept feet from freezing by insulating them from the frozen ground; when walking, the insoles circulated moist air that would otherwise condense and freeze, causing trench foot or frostbite.
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Conditions were worse if possible, than those on the south side of the Ancre valley, causing much sickness, despite precautions like rubbing whale-oil into the feet to prevent trench foot and bringing dry socks up with the rations.
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The First and Ninth U . S . Army suffered 57, 039 battle casualties ( dead, wounded, captured, missing in action ); 71, 654 non-battle casualties, i . e . accidents, diseases such as pneumonia, trench foot, frostbite, and trauma.
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All the men complained of pains in their legs and, on the fourth day out from Elephant Island, McNish suddenly sat down and removed his boots, revealing his legs and feet were white and puffy with the early signs of trench foot.
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Like Ambrose's other recent histories on audio ( " D-Day " and " Undaunted Courage " among them ), " Citizen Soldiers " is full of fascinating details, from the agonies of trench foot to instructions on how to capture an occupied house.
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Those with intact boots had the dilemma of whether to remove them at night-if they left them on, trench foot could result; if they removed them, they may not get their swollen feet back into their boots in the morning or, worse, the boots may freeze or be stolen.
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He accepted the offer but despite playing 7 games for the club's first team that season and the next it was not until 1919 after the end of World War I despite contacting trench foot when serving during the war, that Jimmy signed for the club and became a professional.
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Illness increased in the British armies but routine measures to prevent trench foot, by rubbing feet with whale oil and donning dry socks, reduced the number of cases compared to 1915, despite the increase in the size of the BEF . Combined frostbite and trench foot admissions to hospital in 1916 were against year previous.
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Illness increased in the British armies but routine measures to prevent trench foot, by rubbing feet with whale oil and donning dry socks, reduced the number of cases compared to 1915, despite the increase in the size of the BEF . Combined frostbite and trench foot admissions to hospital in 1916 were against year previous.
