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Soldier poets of the Great War (III): The gates of Heaven lacking guards and wire

From T.P. Cameron Wilson, who was killed in 1918: . . . The gates of Heaven were open, quite Unguarded, and unwired.

| December 28, 2012, 11:05 AM

From T.P. Cameron Wilson, who was killed in 1918:

. . . The gates of Heaven were open, quite
Unguarded, and unwired.

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1

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Best Defense

Soldier poets of the Great War (III): The gates of Heaven lacking guards and wire

From T.P. Cameron Wilson, who was killed in 1918: . . . The gates of Heaven were open, quite Unguarded, and unwired.

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