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Colonel Cathcart Raises Missions to Eighty from "Catch-22". Upset by the deaths of Kid Sampson and McWatt, Colonel Cathcart raises the number of required missions to sixty-five, then to seventy, and finally to eighty.

after McWatt's death

Colonel Cathcart Raises Missions to Eighty

Upset by the deaths of Kid Sampson and McWatt, Colonel Cathcart raises the number of required missions to sixty-five, then to seventy, and finally to eighty. This relentless escalation is his only response to tragedy, a desperate attempt to assert control and impress his superiors. The increase pushes the men to their breaking point and sets the stage for Yossarian's final rebellion.