... agent responsible for the security of the Twelfth Infantry Regiment. While at the Twelfth Infantry Regiment it is noted that Salinger met Ernest Hemmingway when the author-correspondent visited Salinger's regiment. It was then that Salinger became disgusted when Hemmingway shot the head off a chicken to demonstrate the merits of a German Luger (French #2 16). The Catcher in the Rye is a deceptively simple ... ...

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