absurdities of the war. didn't have white flags to surrender and waving chickens instead and retreating across the river water wings from -- oh, good lord. inflated condoms. >> very effective and something to remember if you're in a pinch. >> and then the darkness of war that this excerpt i think really sums up. blanks of typists in adjacent room up to 30,000 letters a month asking where they should be sent. over the years they have found swords and machine gun and t italian accordion and japanese life raft and thousands of diaries. even when the last soldier gone to the grave and made the earth lie lightly on his bones the