There are some pretty bad jobs out there, like being underpaid to unblock porta-potties or being an overworked potwash.

But as bad as these jobs look, they don't even come close to the horrifying, stomach-churning tasks that soldiers were assigned back in World War II.

From being loaded into human torpedoes to detecting landmines using nothing more than their own bodies,

some of these jobs were about as bad as they get.

They say,

War is Hell, and you're about to find out why, as we explore some of the worst roles you could be assigned during World War II.

You're listening. You're listening. You're listening. You're listening.

You're listening.

You're to be amazed.

During the war with planes battling it out across the skies all over the world, few positions

were more dangerous than that of a ball turret gunner. These brave soldiers were tasked with manually operating the guns affixed to the underside of American aircraft and were often given mere milliseconds to react to any enemies flying nearby.

But it wasn't a roomy affair. Most of the plexiglass and metal domes housing the guns were

built small, some just three feet across, to reduce the amount of drag on the aircraft.

This meant gunners had to cram themselves in and hunch in the fetal position for hours

on end while in the air, with the massive 50-caliber machine guns they were firing

on either side of their head.

The space was so small that the smallest member of the crew was often chosen for this duty,

and even then, there wasn't usually room for any kind of parachute.

This meant that if the plane went down, the gunner had to climb back into the fuselage to

equip his shoot before evacuating. There are old rumors that to save space, there was no

door attached to the ceiling of the pod, and so gunners had to climb outside the aircraft

to get to the fuselage. Thankfully, this is just a myth. But if they couldn't get out and equip a shoot in time, then the turret turned into a crashing coffin.

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