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Word: patrolandia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...Exercise Dusty III," a reference to the fact that a man named Dusty Anderson owned the farm being theoretically defended in a counterguerrilla maneuver by two helicopters and 20 air-assault specialists. For the purposes of the drill, the Army gave Dusty Anderson's farm a special designation "Patrolandia." An error in Soldiers, an Army magazine, changed the a to e, and thus an inflammatory rumor was born - and spread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Running Down a Rumor | 1/27/1975 | See Source »

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