The case against Clevinger was open and shut. The only thing missing was something to charge him with.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three.

Outside the hospital the war was still going on. Men went mad and were rewarded with medals.

'Let someone else get killed!' 'Suppose everyone on our side felt that way?' 'Well then I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?'

Stand us against a wall and shoot us, well and good, you are victors. But why should I be brought before a Tribunal like a c-c-c-... I can't even get the word …

Moreover, there is this completely false trial. I would participate wholeheartedly in a trial if it were to determine the guilt for 5 million murdered people a…

'It is more than a crime; it is a political fault,' -words which I record, because they have been repeated and attributed to others.