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Ploesti

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Ploeşti (Romanian) [ploˈjeʃtj]
n
(Placename) a city in SE central Romania: centre of the Romanian petroleum industry. Pop.: 253 414 (1997 est.)
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Donald Puckett was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Operation Tidal Wave, better known as the raid on the Ploesti oil refineries in Romania during World War II, Colonel Stogsdill said.
'Strato' school: 93rd Bomb Squadron approved as formal B-52 training ... by Walston, Jeff / Citizen Airman
The first bomber raid on the Romanian oil fields at Ploesti, for example, cost the American Air Corps 54 planes and 532 airmen.
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Schweinfurt and Ploesti are our Iwo Jima and Omaha Beach--though we were in those fights, too.
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