Well that rainfall can really dangerous.

[Botany]

Because after living with the rats, death, gas, blood, mud, disease, shelling, motor attacks, and boredom some
officer got the idea that you had to leave your trench then and run across the open ground towards the enemy
who had machine guns that could cover the area with a blanket of lead which made the chances of you getting
to the other side's trenches almost zero.




Indianapolis' WW I Memorial ... My granddad's name is here.

[ailsagirl]

1. His sense of "patriotism" boggles my mind

[GoCubsGo]

2. Let's also not forget the flame throwers.

That syphilis-addled cretin wouldn't last five seconds under those conditions.

[Botany]

3. I don't know if they had flame throwers in WW l

But for those in the trenches it was hell on earth. And the pilots who flew the old wood, wire, and canvas biplanes their life span was about 6 to 8 weeks in some cases.

Trump is a disgrace installed by Russia, the media, and corrupt Republicans.

[GoCubsGo]

4. They were first used in WW I.

Not as widely as in WW II, because they weren't as portable then, but the Germans were the first to use them.

Yep. WW I was Hell on Earth, and it's a shame most people know very little about it.

[Botany]

5. I am here today because my granddad on my father's side who passed in 1977 was smart and good .....

.... w/numbers too. He joined the service in 1917 and they asked him if he wanted to serve
doing shipping and logistics ..... I don't know what they called it then .... in Puerto Rico instead
of going to Europe. He said Puerto Rico would be fine and he wound up in the Navy there.