Word: gaffin
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Dates: during 1941-1941
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...long ago as last July, British soldiers & sailors raided Saint-Malo in broad daylight (TIME, July 8). AP's William Mc-Gaffin, arriving in New York from London last week, told of at least nine sorties into German-held France by British volunteer motorcyclists. Slipping across the Channel at night, in little trawlers and fishing smacks, they landed at deserted sectors of the French coast, rattled off inland in groups of 50. One raid, detailed to harass the German Army of Occupation, capture prisoners and gather information, went as far as Amiens...
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