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Major Major
fictional character
Major Major, commander of the 256th Squadron of the U.S. Air Force in Joseph Hellerās novel Catch-22 (1961). Majorās name was a practical joke by his father. Major Major was promoted to the rank of major in the air force by a computer.
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