Wintergreen

           Clevingerwasdead.Thatwasthebasicflawinhisphilosophy.EighteenplaneshadletdownthroughabeamingwhitecloudoffthecoastofElbaoneafternoononthewaybackfromtheweeklymilkruntoParma;seventeencameout.Notracewaseverfoundoftheother,notintheairoronthesmoothsurfaceofthejadewatersbelow.Therewasnodebris.Helicopterscircledthewhitecloudtillsunset.Duringthenightthecloudblewaway,andinthemorningtherewasnomoreClevinger.

           Thedisappearancewasastounding,asastounding,certainly,astheGrandConspiracyofLoweryField,whenallsixty-fourmeninasinglebarrackvanishedonepaydayandwereneverheardofagain.UntilClevingerwassnatchedfromexistencesoadroitly,YossarianhadassumedthatthemenhadsimplydecidedunanimouslytogoAWOLthesameday.Infact,hehadbeensoencouragedbywhatappearedtobeamassdesertionfromsacredresponsibilitythathehadgonerunningoutsideinelationtocarrytheexcitingnewstoex-P.F.C.Wintergreen.

           "What’ssoexcitingaboutit?"ex-P.F.C.Wintergreensneeredobnoxiously,restinghisfilthyGIshoeonhisspadeandloungingbackinasurlyslouchagainstthewallofoneofthedeep,squareholesitwashismilitaryspecialtytodig.

           Ex-P.F.C.Wintergreenwasasnidelittlepunkwhoenjoyedworkingatcross-purposes.EachtimehewentAWOL,hewascaughtandsentencedtodigandfillupholessixfeetdeep,wideandlongforaspecifiedlengthoftime.Eachtimehefinishedhissentence,hewentAWOLagain.Ex-P.F.C.

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