Johnny Got His Gun/YMMV

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• Anvilicious: Did you know that the draft is morally heinous, especially because it forces average Joes to kill people they have no real personal qualms against? Of course, Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped.
• Heartwarming Moments: Yes, even in this book, there's the part when the nurse manages to communicate to Joe by tracing words on his chest. The words? Merry Christmas. That whole chapter is a Heartwarming Moment, in fact.
• I Am Not Shazam: The protagonist's name isn't Johnny, it's Joe. The title of the book comes from a patriotic song sung during the war.
• Misaimed Fandom: It's not as much anti-war as it is anti-draft. Although it is plenty of both.
  • Also, Trumbo was a socialist. When WWII began in 1939, he found some right-wing groups were using his book as a message for why the United States should keep out of the war. This convinced him not to have the book republished until after WWII had ended.
  • Some of their fan letters were disturbing enough that he turned them over to the FBI. After giving them a casual glance, they decided not to pursue matters and began an investigation into Trumbo instead. Bringing this attention to himself led to him ending up on the HUAC blacklist.
• Squick: When Joe is trying to communicate to a nurse by banging his head in Morse code, the nurse misinterprets him and thinks he wants a handjob. So she gives him one.
  • Then, of course, there's what's left of Joe's face.
    • And the rat gnawing at him. Or was that part All Just a Dream?
    • Sometimes the details of Joe's condition can go from Squick straight into Nightmare Fuel.
• Tear Jerker
• The Woobie: Joe. Poor, poor Joe.