Read full poem →were never exploded, than to have one American
boy on the firing line minus an essential car-
tridge? (Cries of “yes” and applause). Was
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The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle
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Poetry examples for “firing line”
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