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Billy Pilgrim is born in Ilium, New York.
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He dies in a hunting accident while Billy is still out in war.
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During the Battle of Bulge, Billy joins the war. He is eventually stuck on enemy territory. This is the first time Billy gets unstuck in time.
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Billy returns home and marries the daughter of the founder of the Ilium School of Optometry. He to becomes an optometrist.
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Billy is entered into a mental ward. He meets someone who introduces him to the writing of Kilgore Trout.
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Billy blinks in 1958 and opens his eyes in 1961, at a party for optometrists. He is black out drunk.
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The Tralfamadorians abduct Billy. They teach him about time, and explain how he is getting unstuck.
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Billy gets into a plane crash that kills everyone but him. His wife dies during this time as well.
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After returning home, Billy goes on a talk show to speak about the aliens. They think he's crazy and throw him out. Then he talks to a newspaper. His daughter Barbara scolds him for it.
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Billy is escorted out by security after. telling a patient about the Tralfamadorians.
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In 1944 a POW named Lazarro that Billy was captured alongside tells him that after the war, he will hire a hitman to kill him in revenge for Roland Weary's death. Billy jumps to the future where he finds that this is indeed how he dies.