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Word: pewitt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...both good soldiers, thirty-year men who love the Army. Prewitt suffers from a naive belief that he has retained some individual rights; throughout the book, the Army's dealings with him consist of a vicious, continued assault on his self-respect. After brutal treatment in a disciplinary Stockade, Pewitt kills a guard and goes AWOL; in the end, he is shot by MP's while trying to rejoin his unit after Pearl Harbor...

Author: By Daniel Eilsbery, | Title: Soldiers and Whores | 3/15/1951 | See Source »

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