John Gilmour - Happy feet

Running time
36 sec
Date made
Copyright
Department of Veterans' Affairs

Transcript

Then you've got the different diseases. Beriberi. Mylagia, where the skin would come off your tongue. And beriberi, what they used to call happy feet. You couldn't sleep of a nighttime. Your feet would be aching that much, you'd have to get up and walk. You'd see all the guys walking around. And then you'd be dead tired and you'd finish up you'd be going to sleep in the daytime and you wanted to also sleep at night time. It was shocking.

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