Thursday, March 20, 2008

Response to Reading

The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner was a very short poem but a very meaningful one. I know from learning about different wars that a Turret Gunners job can be very important but very deadly job. The Turret Gunner was not as important as the airplane as a whole, but it acts as an important distraction and in some cases can have a rare takedown. It protects the plane from other planes trying to shoot it down. The peom discribes the turret gunner position as a non glamour's, unfun, dark, cold, place to be. Ecspecially being in a small place like that during a war, is what makes a turret gunner a cold lonely place.

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