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Slaughterhouse-Five Chapter 9, Section 22

By Kurt Vonnegut

Chapter 9, Section 22

Rumfoord tells Billy that the bombing of Dresden had to happen, but admits that it must have sucked to be there.
Rumfoord acknowledges that Billy probably has mixed feelings about the bombing because he was an eyewitness.
Billy says it's all right because he has learned on Tralfamadore that everyone has to do exactly what he does.