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To: SunkenCiv
Dad was in 5th Army during first few years of WW2. While in Italy, he got Trench foot from weeks without taking off boots in the constant rain. Penicillin saved his feet and perhaps his life. Recently found letters to his parents reassuring them and telling them about this new medical miracle.
20 posted on 09/18/2023 5:47:28 AM PDT by mware
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To: mware

Good to hear.

5th Army in Italy, 1944
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxBgWOR7gtM


22 posted on 09/18/2023 6:01:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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