Piltchard & Wren

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Piltchard & Wren are two minor characters in Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22.

Piltchard and Wren are captains who are in charge of joint squadron operations. Described as two short, unassuming men, they wanted nothing more out of life than to fly combat missions. They had flown hundreds of missions and wanted to fly hundreds more. Piltchard and Wren went out of their way not to cause trouble or confront anyone. They cannot bring themselves to discipline Yossarian for constantly turning back from the mission to Bologna. As with the medics Gus and Wes, Pilchard and Wren are always described in tandem, as if they were part of one composite character.

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Yossarian • Aarfy • Appleby • Captain Black • The Chaplain • Colonel Cargill • Colonel Cathcart • Clevinger • Nurse Cramer • Major Danby • Doc Daneeka • Major —— de Coverley • General Dreedle • Dobbs • Nurse Duckett • Dunbar • Dori Duz • Lieutenant Engle • Captain Flume • Gus & Wes • Havermeyer • Huple • Hungry Joe • Kid Sampson • Sergeant Knight • Corporal Kolodny • Colonel Korn • Kraft • Luciana • Major Major Major Major • McWatt • Michaela • Milo Minderbinder • Colonel Moodus • Mudd (aka the Dead Man in Yossarian's tent) • Nately • Orr • General Peckem • Piltchard & Wren • Major Sanderson • Lieutenant/General Scheisskopf • Mrs Scheisskopf • Corporal Snark • Snowden • The Soldier Who Sees Everything Twice (aka Giuseppe) • Dr. Stubbs • Sergeant Towser • Lieutenant Travers • Corporal Whitcomb • Chief White Halfoat • ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen
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