Private Ivan Rossiter endured an amputation with only scissors and no anaesthetic, called 'swine' by the German surgeon.
As heard by us
A tight POW hospital story, grim in detail and relieved by dry, human banter.
Pete and Gary keep Beggar Me on hospital life, following Captain Frank Van Zagnew from Cordray to Le Cateau as the story moves from dirty uniforms to septic wounds and the uneasy tradeoff between pain and treatment.
Why you'd press play
You want the ugly medical aftermath of war, told with dry back-and-forth.
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