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Word: toko (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1953-1953
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...BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI (147 pp.)-James A. Michener-Random House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sacrifices of the Few | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

Lieut. Harry Brubaker, 29, was a naval aviator, and both a brave and fearful man. He was brave enough to be chosen to go in low and attack the enemy bridges at Toko-ri in Korea; he was honestly fearful of the heavy Communist flak, of the icy sea in which a ditched flyer could last only 20 minutes, and, indeed, of landing a jet on a pitching carrier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sacrifices of the Few | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

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