Johnny Got His Gun

by Dalton Trumbo

Somewhere sticking in his stomach was a tube they fed him through. That was exactly like the womb except a baby in its mother’s body could look forward to the time when it would live.

There are plenty of laws to protect guys’ money even in war time but there’s nothing on the books says a man’s life’s his own.

You plan the wars you masters of men plan the wars and point the way and we will point the gun.