Result: up to Dec. 12, 17,500 G.I.s had developed trench foot, something no one expected in World War II (partly because no one expected the war to settle down into mud and trenches). Trench foot ...

Illnesses such as Trench Foot resulted in many soldiers losing toes and in extreme cases having a foot amputated Soldiers in the trenches were confronted by a range of hardships and a variety of ...