Title	Mothers' Sons, continued
Description	This is the last page of "Mothers' Sons" a poem about the sons who don't make it home after the war and the ones who do. Mitchener is aware of his own luck to have survived his air missions, but sympathetic to those mothers who will never see their sons again. He concludes the poem, "And here is Kriegeland. I think of those not here/And offer a silent prayer for somewhere/Those sons' mothers - like mine/Are waiting for their homecoming/But they will never come/Those mothers' sons."
Historical note	Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr. was shot down and captured as a POW during World War II after a bombing mission in Germany. He served as a second Lieutenant in the 509th Bombardment Squadron, 351st Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. Mitchener survived the war and was able to return home; however, he died at an early age in 1957. Mitchener's mother, Estelle Farrar Mitchener, outlived him, dying ten years later.
Date	1944-1945
Place	Zagan (Poland)
Creator	Mitchener, Hardy A., 1919-1957
Collection name	Hardy A. Mitchener, Jr. Journal, 1944-1945
Education Tags	US.61 American Soldiers World War II
Subjects - LCSH	World War, 1939-1945 -- Europe; Prisoners of war; Diaries
Subjects - TGM	Poetry Barbed wire
Accession #	THS 760
Owning Institution	Tennessee Historical Society
ID #	33625
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
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