Word: bettendorf
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Suggestion. In Bettendorf, Iowa, Used-Car Dealer C. W. Boughton stuck a sign on one of his autos: "Grab It Now!" Cops were soon hunting the thief who did exactly that...
...January the 4th Infantry Division had knifed its way to the Sauer River. Across the stream lay Bettendorf. Georgie Patton wanted Bettendorf taken, but the doughfoots of the 4th had stopped at the bank of the 50-yard stream...
...General didn't. He walked in, began to swim, crossed to the other side, swam back. That was all the doughs needed. They piled in and swam across. A day and a half later Bettendorf was theirs...