[ WP ] You are a soldier during WW1 . Write about your life in the trenches

My dearest Anna, 
 
 This was n't what I was promised in the moving pictures and recruit campaigns. The glory of war is proving to be much too dreadful for my taste. Standing in piles upon piles of filth, death and our hopes have started to seep into my boots. I am running out of dry socks to wear. I may not sound so bad back home, but here... my god. 
 
 I have just seen my CO basically explode in a storm of bullets from what is called a `` machine gun'' and with the threat of mustard gas at any time, this is an even bigger fear than dying. 
 
 This is as much as I can write to you now, I must go and attend to my troops. I hope that I am able to return home and watch another Sox game with you one day. Till then I'll keep fighting and surviving... awaiting for you next letter. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 The soldier you met under the bright lights of city.
