Major ---- de Coverley
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- The title of this article is incorrect because of technical limitations. The correct title is Major —— de Coverly.
Major —— de Coverly is a character in the Joseph Heller novel Catch-22 with a terrifying visage, so much so that nobody has ever managed to find out his first name. Also uncertain is the exact nature of his duties within the bomber group, but he is noted for being alongside the allied armies as they liberate an Italian city. After arriving in a newly freed city he secures residences for both the officers and enlisted men in the group, so that they might have quarters for use while on leave.
First encountered throwing horseshoes, he goes missing in combat after going into an un-yet liberated Italian city to buy apartments as U.S. Air Force retreats for his men. He was under the impression that the city was, in fact, liberated. He wears an eyepatch because the old man from the whore-house threw a flower into his eye.