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Word: pokey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Prisoners who are quick to admit the faults that got them captured are released immediately. Others are marched off to "Shickelgruber's Pokey," a 50-ft.-square area surrounded by 16-ft. barbed wire. Overhead floats the German flag. The sloppiest soldiers get mild labor (ditch-digging), are taunted by insulting guards. Biggest single haul: 25 enlisted men. Highest-ranking haul: a colonel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - Swastika over Fort Knox | 7/12/1943 | See Source »

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