“We sent him down at last, out of the way.
Unwounded; — stout lad, too, before that strafe.”

—  Wilfred Owen

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Context: p>We sent him down at last, out of the way.
Unwounded; — stout lad, too, before that strafe.
Malingering? Stretcher-bearers winked, 'Not half!' Next day I heard the Doc.'s well-whiskied laugh:
'That scum you sent last night soon died. Hooray!' </p

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English poet and soldier (1893-1918) 1893–1918

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