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PORTRAIT FROM THE INFANTRY by ALAN DUGAN

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First Line: HE SMELLED BAD AND WAS RED-EYED WITH THE MISERIES
Last Line: HIM BACK UP. “ISN'T HE AWFUL?” SHE SAID
Subject(s): SOLDIERS; WORLD WAR II; SECOND WORLD WAR;
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