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Moreover, the story of the dead man in Yossarian's tent offers elements of grim irony in addition to the altered theme of appearance versus reality. A replacement pilot named Lieutenant Mudd initially joined the squadron temporarily due to the shortage of men and immediately left for a bombing mission. He died over Orvieto on his first and only mission, his body blown to pieces and never found. The lieutenant never officially signed in, thus it seems he never existed to begin with. When Yossarian hears the news regarding Mudd he notes, “ Mudd was the unknown soldier who had never had a chance, for that was the only thing anyone ever did know about all the unknown soldiers – they never had a chance. They had to be dead” (Heller 78). Yossarian
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