Ball turret gunner

250 mph, and could fly long distance with a 2,000 pound bomb load. The major changes to the plane after the first model was produced were to it’s armor and new tail designs. Later, with newer versions they added more armament defenses, and a chin turret under the nose of the plane. The B-17 is mostly known for its toughness and ability to get through heavy flak and enemy fire, and carry the crew safely. “The plane can be cut and slashed almost to pieces by enemy fire and bring its crew home.” Wally

craftsmanship and talent. Jarrell’s “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner,” which in only five lines, places itself among the ranks of the most impactful pieces of historical literature, was the kind of poem that only he could have ever written. From the

descriptions. Many of the themes can be compared to other literature. One of the themes that can be compared is fear in war. The idea is that the evils and cruelty of war can make a grown man go back into a "fetal" state. This can be seen in The Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell and can be compared to the metaphor used in chapter five of Catch 22. In this chapter Yossarian talks about the tight crawl space which led to the plexiglass bombardier’s compartment. This can be looked at as the passageway

flying B-24s and its navy version, PB4Ys. Returning from the target, Julio’s plane begin “escort- ing” a damaged navy bomber, and for the next 25 minutes, they man- aged to repel a swarm of enemy fighters attacking the two stragglers. As the ball turret gunner, Sgt Diaz shared credit for shooting down a Zero and credited with a probable for another. After a long flight, the navy plane was able to return to its base but the army plane was not so fortu- nate. Suffering heavy damage and running out of

A war poet is a poet in time of and on the subject of war. A substantial number of important poets were soldiers, writing about their experiences of war. A number of them died on the battlefield, others like Siegfried Sassoon and Randall Jarrell survived but were scarred by their experiences, and some were just witnesses to the war like Thomas Hardy, and all of this was reflected in their poetry. “Many poems were British and were published in newspapers and then collected into anthologies. Several

Aircraft wasn’t used in a war until 1911 by the Italians against the Turks. Aviation became one of the most important parts of militaries in WWII. The country that had control over the air usually had defeated ground troops. Depending upon where the country lies on the map they had strengths in their militaries and weaknesses like Japan. Japan is an island and they will have a more advanced naval technology. Not all countries fought in the war but they helped other countries that they are allied

I will be comparing excerpts from ‘The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter’ by Li Po and “The Death of the Ball-Turret Gunner’ by Randall Jerrell. The speakers in each excerpt are creating serious and solemn dream-like worlds that convey their misery over being abandoned to suffer impending death alone. Imagery in both excerpts is used differently to describe death as being either immediate as in Jarrell’s poem or approaching as in Li Po’s. The major difference between the speakers in each excerpt

In his novella Night, Elie Wiesel portrays the horrors he and his family faced at the hands of Nazi Germany through graphic and moving descriptions of his plight. A compelling excerpt, “I watched other hangings. I never saw a single victim weep. These withered bodies had long forgotten the bitter taste of tears,” demonstrates the utter disregard for human life that many of the world’s leaders adopt in times of war, inspiring further research through the evocation of a need to more thoroughly learn

Money became very scarce and families were struggling to survive. The Serviceman’s Readjustment Act was implemented to help those soldiers who returned home from the war. “Why Soldiers Don’t Talk” by John Steinbeck and “The Death of the Ball Turret and Gunner” by Randall Jarrell both looked at how war impact soldiers and how they deal with life after war.

hit set the plane on fire. There was a hole in the wing I could have crawled through.” recalled Leonard Kessinger during an early 1990’s interview for the Dailey Telegraph in Princeton W.V. Leonard Kessinger was a former Staff Sergeant and ball-turret gunner on the B-17 bomber named “Texas Longhorn”, and stationed with 96th Bomb Group, 8th Air Force in England. On December 13, 1943 the 8th Air Force sent over 600 aircraft from bases in England to bomb the strategic targets in the German cities