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Valley Forge was a base winter camp located next to Pennsylvania. George Washington helped out and taught the soldiers how to use guns and fight battles. I am going to leave Valley Forge because the quality of this camp is horrible. (DOC A) There was a very high percentage of soldiers who died of illness because they did not cure any illnesses. Almost fifty percent of soldiers were sick, about 3,989 were sick with chickenpox and smallpox. (DOC D) Thomas Paine compares tyranny to hell. The camp was very cold and sometimes the soldiers didn't have shoes to wear. (DOC C) The huts at Valley Forge were very cold and dirty. There was very poor food, they had no meat and nothing to fill our stomachs. Valley Forge was a very poor quality camp and it

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