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Thread #39827   Message #570713
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
12-Oct-01 - 02:44 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: War poetry
Subject: RE: BS: GAS! GAS!
Re Sassoon, he was badly wounded twice and awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. He began his anti war protests while recovering in England, and was assumed to have gone mad. During this time he befriended Wilfred Owen, andwas responsible for first publishing Owen's work.
A simple (elderly) soldier boy,
Keith.