een eaten away. A couple of his toes are black and look like they are swollen with blood. Some of his toes are missing, while others look eaten away. The bottom of the soldiers feet have holes in them clear down until you can see the bones in the feet. Large welts covered the sides and bottom of the soldier's feet. This soldier's feet were unlike any feet we are used to seeing, this soldiers suffered from what was termed during the early stages of World War I as "trench foot".
             Trench foot was an infection of the feet caused by cold, wet and unsanitary conditions. In the trenches men stood for hours on end in muddy, wet, and sloppy trenches without being able to remove their wet socks or boots. Their feet would gradually go numb and the skin would turn red or blue. It was a pain comparable to frostbite, their feet would burn and itch. If left untreated, trench foot could turn gangrenous and result in the foot or feet being amputated. If trench foot goes untreated the soldier could loose his feet, or depending on how severe, his legs. When soldiers would write letters home some would tell how today when they removed their blood covered socks they found toes missing from trench foot. There are some accounts of men who found the pain too much to bear. It is not clear how many men took their own lives because the pain from trench foot was too severe, but suicide rates were high in the trenches compared to other military assignments. The usual method o
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