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Word: polifka (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1944-1944
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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Photo Pop | 3/20/1944 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Photo Pop | 3/20/1944 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: Photo Pop | 3/20/1944 | See Source »

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