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Wintergreen

           Becausehehadneverofficiallygottenintothesquadron,hecouldneverofficiallybegottenout,andSergeantTowsersensedthatthemultiplyingcommunicationsrelatingtothepoormanwouldcontinuereverberatingforever.

           HisnamewasMudd.ToSergeantTowser,whodeploredviolenceandwastewithequalaversion,itseemedlikesuchanabhorrentextravagancetoflyMuddallthewayacrosstheoceanjusttohavehimblownintobitsoverOrvietolessthantwohoursafterhearrived.Noonecouldrecallwhohewasorwhathehadlookedlike,leastofallCaptainPiltchardandCaptainWren,whorememberedonlythatanewofficerhadshownupattheoperationstentjustintimetobekilledandwhocoloreduneasilyeverytimethematterofthedeadmaninYossarian’stentwasmentioned.TheonlyoneswhomighthaveseenMudd,themeninthesameplane,hadallbeenblowntobitswithhim.

           Yossarian,ontheotherhand,knewexactlywhoMuddwas.Muddwastheunknownsoldierwhohadneverhadachance,forthatwastheonlythinganyoneeverdidknowaboutalltheunknownsoldierstheyneverhadachance.Theyhadtobedead.

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