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Billy Pilgrim's Birth
Billy Pilgrim was born in Ilium, New York. -
Billy Joined the Regiment
It was in the process of being destroyed by the Germans in the famous Battle of the Bulge. Billy survived, but he was a dazed wanderer far behind the new German lines. -
Billy's First Time Traveling Experience
Billy first came unstuck in time while the Second World War was in progress. -
Destruction of Dresden
The bombing of Dresden was a British/American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during World War II in the European Theater. -
Billy was Discharged From the Army
He was discharged because of the events in Dresden. -
Meeting a Science Fiction Author
Billy meets Kilgore Trout for the first time. -
PTSD Flashback
Billy was on his way to the Lions Club luncheon meeting in his Cadillac. While driving through Ilium’s black ghetto, he had a PTSD flashback because it reminded him of the destruction of Dresden and other towns during World War II. -
Alien Abduction
Billy was abducted by aliens from the planet of Tralfamadore. -
Plane Crash Survivor
A group of optometrists, with Billy among them, chartered an airplane to fly them from Ilium to an international convention of optometrists in Montreal. The plane crashed on top of Sugarbush Mountain, in Vermont. Everybody was killed but Billy. -
Billy Pilgrim's Death
He gets shot while delivering a speech about the aliens that abducted him and that they existed. Lazzaro had his revenge.
