Waterbury promises him instant, unlimited wealth after painting a picture of him sitting in his country estate - with an armored car from the bank delivering coupons worth hundreds of housands of dollars - all Sousè has to do is sign receipts.A lone Robert E.Lee Prewitt ("Prew") (Montgomery Clift) enters the base, passing Private Angelo Maggio (Frank Sinatra) - a genial and respected friend.He reported the success to General Ashdown, who affirmed the worldwide offensive scheduled for 4am the next morning.The lobbed-off hand began flopping around and re-attacked.To contain it, Ash covered up his decapitated hand with a bucket, weighted down with books [Note: the top-most book wasA Farewell to Arms].