Private Frederick Granville found maggots in his wounds, saving his life.
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A POW story carried by banter, precision, and a sudden hard edge.
The episode opens with the hosts riffing on the title before settling into a POW account that keeps narrowing toward the moment of capture. It lands best when the dry banter gives way to Hugh Durnford's movement through shell holes and the wrong turn toward German rifles, where…
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