Doc Daneeka
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In Joseph Heller's novel Catch-22, Doc Daneeka is Yossarian's friend, the squadron's doctor. Catch 22 is first explained to Yossarian when he asks Daneeka to excuse him from combat duty.
He feels that his problems are infinitely worse than anyone else's (He was drafted just as he was making tons of money by taking patients of other drafted doctors) and spends his time getting his temperature checked by his assistants which is always 96.8º. He is basically a tool of the Army (He could ground the men by declaring them ill-fit for combat, but refuses to do so for fear that he will be shipped off to the Pacific front). He gets in his flight hours by convincing McWatt to put him on the flight roster and ends up being declared dead when McWatt smashes into a mountain. The Army declares him dead rather than admit that the roster might be wrong. Daneeka's wife collects GI insurance and many other donations in Doc's name and, in the end, prefers him dead to alive. Template:Lit-stub