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General Dreedle

           ColonelCathcartlikedBigChiefWhiteHalfoatbecauseBigChiefWhiteHalfoatkeptpunchingthatlousyColonelMoodusinthenoseeverytimehegotdrunkandColonelMooduswasaround.HewishedthatBigChiefWhiteHalfoatwouldbeginpunchingColonelKorninhisfatface,too.ColonelKornwasalousysmartaleck.SomeoneatTwenty-seventhAirForceHeadquartershaditinforhimandsentbackeveryreporthewrotewithablisteringrebuke,andColonelKornhadbribedaclevermailclerktherenamedWintergreentotrytofindoutwhoitwas.LosingtheplaneoverFerrarathesecondtimearoundhadnotdonehimanygood,hehadtoadmit,andneitherhadhavingthatotherplanedisappearinsidethatcloudthatwasonehehadn’tevenwrittendown!Hetriedtorecall,longingly,ifYossarianhadbeenlostinthatplaneinthecloudandrealizedthatYossariancouldnotpossiblyhavebeenlostinthatplaneinthecloudifhewasstillaroundnowraisingsuchabigstinkabouthavingtoflyalousyfivemissionsmore.

           Maybesixtymissionsweretoomanyforthementofly,ColonelCathcartreasoned,ifYossarianobjectedtoflyingthem,buthethenrememberedthatforcinghismentoflymoremissionsthaneveryoneelsewasthemosttangibleachievementhehadgoingforhim.AsColonelKornoftenremarked,thewarwascrawlingwithgroupcommanderswhoweremerelydoingtheirduty,anditrequiredjustsomesortofdramaticgesturelikemakinghisgroupflymorecombatmissionsthananyotherbombergrouptospotlighthisuniquequalitiesofleadership.

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