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Johnny Got His Gun

Dalton Trumbo

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 1939
Pages
Pages 250

A World War One soldier wakes with no arms, no legs, no face and no voice, fully conscious inside what is left of him. He taps Morse code with his head against the pillow, begging to be shown off as a warning against the war that did this.

Never again to wiggle your toes. What a hell of a thing what a wonderful beautiful thing to wiggle your toes.
Johnny Got His Gun, Dalton Trumbo

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