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The title comes from the phrase "Johnny get your gun," a rallying call that was commonly used to encourage young American men to enlist in the military in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The story is a work of historical fiction.

Johnny Got His Gun tells the story of Joe Bonham, a World War I infantryman who was horribly maimed in combat. Bonham survived an explosion, but lost his armThere is also an arms disambiguation page. In anatomy, the arm is the upper limb of a bipedal mammal, specifically the segment between the shoulder and the elbow. Arm may also refer to an analogous structure, such as one of the paired forelimbs of a quadrs, legIn zoological anatomy, a leg is any one of the parts of an animal's body that (in most legged species and at most times) separate the rest of the body from the ground, and are used for locomotion. Legs are most common in one of the even-numbered quantities and faceThe face is the front of the head. Parts of a face: Head Hair Forehead Eyebrow Eye Nose Cheek Mouth Lips Tooth Skin. Behavior: Facial expression. Anatomy On the front of the face a line drawn down from the supraorbital notch between the bicuspid teeth to. He is deafTo be deaf is commonly understood to mean to be unable to hear, or to affiliate oneself with Deaf culture. Deaf versus deaf Main article: Deaf culture The word deaf is used and understood in two ways. First, there is the medical, pathological and audiolog, blindBlindness can be defined physiologically as the condition of lacking sight. The definition as it applies to people thus legally classified is, however, more complex. The term "blindness" also applies to partial visual impairment: In North America and most, and muteMute means "silent". The term mute can mean more than one thing. In music, see mute (music) The word is an old term for a person who is unable to speak. This is now generally considered an offensive term. See speech disorder. An undertaker's assistant.. Bonham does not initially comprehend the full nature of his situation, but, after realizing his condition, learns to communicate with others. Bonham's wish to be taken on tour as an anti-war display is denied by his military superiors.

In a series of flashbacks, the reader is forced to compare the vibrancy of mundane, ordinary life with the horrors and living death of war. The story also provides a unique perspective on advances in medicineSee drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that treat patients. This article is about medical practice. Medicine is a branch of health science concerned with restoring and maintaining health and wellness. Broadly, it is the practical science o.