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Word: magathan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1965-1965
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...their antiaircraft guns and SAM sites. More often than not, a key target must be cleared all the way through the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon before the pilots take off. The pilots call the JCS strikes "doomsday missions" because, as Air Force Captain Glenn R. Magathan of Chicago explains, "there's no way in and no way out without flak, and when you get there, they are all stirred up and mad as hornets." "As a matter of fact," he adds, "on our base we call the guy who wakes us up before a JCS strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Wings of Destruction | 11/26/1965 | See Source »

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