In bombers named for girls, we burned
The cities we had learned about in school-
Till our lives wore out; our bodies lay among
The people we had killed and never seen.
When we lasted long enough they gave us medals;
When we died they said, "Our casualties were low."
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Citation
Jarrell, Randall. Losses. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948, I. 22.
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