Yep, slip of the brain from me last night.
Catch 22 by my memory was Korea.
I thought that initially but it was set on the island of Pianosa off the west coast of Italy
I couldn’t remember if the book identified what the war was, so I Googled, and Wikipedia suggests
“ The novel is set during World War II, from 1942 to 1944. It mainly follows the life of Captain John Yossarian, a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 bombardier. Most of the events in the book occur while the fictional 256th Squadron is based on the island of Pianosa, in the Mediterranean Sea, west of Italy.”
Must have been thinking the TV series or film was true to the novel.
Ah, I wonder if you’re confusing Catch-22 with MASH, the latter being a TV series set in Korea, whereas I don’t think there has been a TV series of Catch-22 (not in UK anyway)
IB, you are right. Seem to remember there were Catch 22 type plot(s). Hugely amusing especially hotlips.