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.
From T.P. Cameron Wilson, who was killed in 1918:
From T.P. Cameron Wilson, who was killed in 1918:
. . . The gates of Heaven were open, quite
Unguarded, and unwired.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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