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A survey of poems and poets from World War II.
The Poetry of World War II by The Editors
Posted from poetryfoundation.org
Poetry
Literature
World History
American History
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SGT (Join to see), I'm astounded that "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee does not appear on this list! It's one of the all time most well known poems of WWII!
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LTC Stephen C.
SGT (Join to see), obviously you've read it and I'm sure you recognize it. How this poem isn't on the list is incomprehensible.
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SGT (Join to see)
LTC Stephen C. - I can't understand it. I know it was published posthumously. Was it published after the war? If so, that may be the reason.
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LTC Stephen C.
SGT (Join to see), it was written in 1941 and published in 1942. Here's a link to Magee and High Flight.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee,_Jr.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee,_Jr.
John Gillespie Magee, Jr. - Wikipedia
John Gillespie Magee, Jr. (9 June 1922 – 11 December 1941)[1][2][3] was an Anglo-American aviator and poet, made famous for his poem High Flight. Magee served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, which he joined before the United States entered the war; he died in a mid-air collision over Lincolnshire in 1941.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Well a bit ahead of you, have heard of a few, but like I posted, not a poetry kind of guy.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - hear you sir, it's not at the head of my list.
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