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Killed in Action. Colonel Karl Lewis Polifka, 40, pioneer in military aerial reconnaissance, veteran of 347 combat missions in World War II; when his plane, hit by enemy small arms fire, crashed in Korea...
...Polifka was grounded. "He fought like a stuck pig to dice Cassino," said an officer on Lieut. General Ira Eaker's staff in Italy, "but the General just wouldn't let him go on another mission...
...year-old Colonel Karl L. Polifka, had been "dicing" (mapping territory by aerial photography) for years, had flown 125 missions over enemy-held territory, both German and Jap. Eaker figured Pop was too valuable to lose, thought he had better ground him before Pop's luck...
...give it up too, although he is by no means at the end of his trail. In Italy Pop Polifka still bosses Allied air reconnaissance-but from the ground, not from...
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