CHM Revolution

Date

1940s ca.

Credit Line

Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Keywords

Jarrell, Randall; poem; World War II

Object ID

500004639

World War II bombers often relied on gunners inside turrets for defense against fighter planes. This extremely dangerous assignment was immortalized in Randall Jarrell’s 1945 poem, “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner.”