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A 1938 novel by [[Dalton Trumbo]] that became a rallying point for the political left during [[World War II]]. It follows a young man named Joe Bonham, who, after becoming grievously injured during [[World War One]], is left deaf, blind, dumb, and without any limbs. Throughout the book, Joe reminisces about the life he lost, waxes philosophical on war and conscription, and tries desperately to communicate with the doctors keeping him alive.
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* [[And I Must Scream]]
* [[Armies Are Evil]]: A nurse realizes that Joe is banging his head against the headstand in Morse Code. But she doesn't know Morse. So she brings in an officer to translate. When the officer realizes that Joe is asking to be either displayed as a monument to the horrors of war or permitted to die, all his response is missing is an [[Evil Laugh]] - probably because he doesn't want the nurse to interfere.
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* [[Author Tract]]
* [[Based on a True Story]]: Trumbo claims he came up with the idea for ''Johnny Got His Gun'' after reading an article about the Prince of Wales's visit to a soldier who had lost all of his limbs and senses in a Canadian veterans' hospital.
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