The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
BY RANDALL JARRELL Ball turret gunner Richard O. Getty checks out his turret - dubbed "Ball of Fire" - in the belly of his B-17 Flying Fortress ("Ruthie I"), England,…
Carentan O Carentan
BY LOUIS SIMPSON Trees in the old days used to standAnd shape a shady laneWhere lovers wandered hand in handWho came from Carentan. This was the shining green canalWhere we…