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Billy Pilgrim, the protagonist, is born in Ilium, New York.
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His father throws Billy into the pool and says sink or swim
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He begins optometry school and learns that everyone is the same from his professors.
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His father dies in a hunting accident.
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Billy is drafted into WWII
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Billy and Roland Weary are captured at the battle of the bulge
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They are forced to march to the railroad. They get on the train where Roland weary dies
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Billy arrives in Dresden with all of the other prisoners
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Dresden gets completely destroyed
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Billy get honorably discharged from the military when he is freed