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ELEGY; FOR KURT PORJESCZ, MISSING IN ACTION, 1 APRIL 1945 by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: SOME GONE LIKE BOYS TO SCHOOL WEARING THEIR BADGES
Last Line: DISCUSS OUR FUTURES, AND HAVE NOT CONCURRED
Subject(s): WORLD WAR II; SECOND WORLD WAR;

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