 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Vonnegut akaberekerwa uye akakurira muIndianapolis, akapinda Cornell University asi akabuda muna January 1943 ndokujoina U.S. Army. Sechikamu chokudzidziswa kwake, akadzidza unyanzvi hwokugadzira michina paCarnegie Institute of Technology yava kunzi Carnegie Mellon University uye paUniversity of Tennessee. Akabva aendeswa kuEurope kunorwa muHondo Yenyika II uye akabatwa nevaGermany panguva yeHondo yeBulge. Akaiswa mujeri muDresden, kwaakapona pakaputirwa mabhomba neguta racho neAlliesmune imwe imba yokuchengetera nyama yomunzvimbo yokuurayira umo iye akanga asungwa. Pashure pehondo, akaroora Jane Marie Cox, waakabereka naye vana vatatu. Akatora vazukuru vake pashure pokunge hanzvadzi yake yafa nekenza uye murume wayo afa mutsaona yechitima. Iye nomudzimai wake vose vari vaviri vakapinda Yunivhesiti yeChicago, apo iye aishanda somutori wenhau wousiku weCity News Bureau. 