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TRANSIENT BARRACKS by RANDALL JARRELL

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First Line: SUMMER. SUNSET. SOMEONE IS PLAYING
Last Line: AND THE THING ABOUT IT IS, IT'S REAL
Subject(s): ARMY LIFE; HOMECOMING; WORLD WAR II; DRILLS & MINOR TACTICS; SECOND WORLD WAR;

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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Randall_Jarrell_and_His_Age/_9u7h6wiAfIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=jarrell+%22Summer.+Sunset.+Someone+is+playing%22&pg=PT71&printsec=frontcover



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