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Initial Impressions of Owen
- Clarence Berry, a Staff Sergeant, details his early interactions with Wilfred Owen.
- Owen, a newly arrived officer, initially displayed an aloofness towards the realities of war, irritating Berry.
The Piper's Tune and Owen's Disappearance
- During an attack on the Hindenburg Line, Berry became entangled in barbed wire amidst heavy artillery fire.
- He witnessed Owen standing transfixed, seemingly listening to an unseen melody, moments before a mortar blast engulfed him.
Owen's Encounter with the War
- Berry, injured, crawled back to the trench and later discovered Owen, miraculously alive but deeply shell-shocked.
- Owen claimed to have "met the war," describing a horrifying figure with multiple faces and weapons.