Chris Boonzaier Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 What terrible fates! Missing for over a year before the body is found, and buried alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 sad- buried alive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 sad- buried alive? It was quite more common than we think. Was reading an account where a man was buried, then dug out 3 times in a day. All you needed was the entrance of a bunker to collapse, or a shell to collapse the side of a trench wall. I think I have 2-3 death cards to men buried alive. I assume a portion of the men "missing" were probably buried alive by shell fire. best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 ah! verschuetten means "enclosed" or "trapped"? I don't have my Dueden nearby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 enough to have a wall of a trench collapse on your upper body. A terrible way to go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Symmonds Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Hello All - I have this letter which pretty much says it all ... and page 2 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Symmonds Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 ... Regards Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe campbell Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 what a harrowing letter to write... about an even more harrowing set of circumstances... RIP. joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Liontas Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 After reading more and more personal accounts of WWI, I cannot believe what these men endured in regards to heavy, sustained, high caliber shell fire. I am surprised so many men lived through such torment, both physically and with their sanity intact. Thanks for posting these guys! It really does make what we collect "real" doesnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted September 25, 2010 Author Share Posted September 25, 2010 After reading more and more personal accounts of WWI, I cannot believe what these men endured in regards to heavy, sustained, high caliber shell fire. I am surprised so many men lived through such torment, both physically and with their sanity intact. Thanks for posting these guys! It really does make what we collect "real" doesnt it? Actually, i was reading an interesting thing a few weeks ago. The theory that todays soldiers will be suffereing more psychological damage than the older generation. The reason given was that modern soldiers have such improved helmets and body armourr that they are more difficult to wound. The older generation would suffer a wound then either die, or be evacuated... todays soldier has a good chance that his body armour will stop it. So, if a greanade goes off, the ww2 soldier would have got a slight concussion and splinter wound and leave the line. Nowdays he may just get a slight concussion... and stay in the line.... The modern helmets and bodyarmour may mean that he can withstand more explosions (and the resulting brain Trauma) than his grandfather.... ergo the higher portion of modern day vets with brain trauma and problems than there was after WW1 or 2... where men going through the same amount of explosions may have been dead... or evacuated loooong ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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