... their deaths fighting for causes that are actually illusions to mask selfish intent. Ironically, Milo manages to monetize the values the military fights for too. He has his squadron's planes' "laudable ideals as Courage, Might, Justice, Truth, Liberty, Love, Honor, and Patriotism" and the German swastikas painted over with "M&M Enterprises, Fine Fruits and Produce" (254), his company name ... . Symbolically, this acts as a distorting mirror that reflects what the soldiers were fighting for in reality; the auspices of liberty and courage were nothing more than a sham, as they were all .....

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