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Article: Operation Mallory Major: a Twelfth Air Force intelligence officer came up with a daring plan to cripple Axis supply lines in northern Italy.(Randy Holzapple)
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- November 1, 2009
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Colonel Randy Holzapple strode into the smoke-filled briefing room on Sardinia at 5 a.m. on July 12, 1944. Yanking back a curtain to reveal a map, he said: "Men, you'll recognize this as northern Italy, and you're about to become a great deal more familiar with it. Our recent Operation Strangle has successfully choked off the southbound German supplies to central Italy. Without those tough missions, the Anzio beachhead, and the capture of Rome, would have cost us many more Allied lives. Our next mission is Operation Mallory Major." When a bold airman piped up with, "What the hell is Operation Mallory Major?" Holzapple said simply, "My ...
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