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Captain Black (first name unknown) was the squadron intelligence officer in the 256th Army Air Force squadron, in the 1961 Joseph Heller novel, Catch-22. Because of the lack of risk involved in not flying missions, he presumed to take over Major Duluth's position as squadron commander when said Major was killed over Perugia. He was thwarted, however, by Major Major Major Major who was appointed by Colonel Cathcart.
Captain Black felt he'd been cheated by the hapless Major and nursed a grudge that culminated in the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade . This was a system devised by Captain Black in which one must sign one or more loyalty oaths to do anything, including pick up maps and flak suits for combat duty, all while preventing Major Major Major from signing any at all. The crusade came to an abrupt halt when Major_----_de_Coverley waved away a loyalty oath and demanded that Milo "Give
everybody eat!"Captain Black is also known for taunting Lieutenant Nately about his sexual exploits with Nately's Whore.
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