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I’m not in Cisterna because the Jerries still got it, but we were pretty darn close.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

I guess the Jerries must have been holding it for the poor fellows caught in the lights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now that the Jerries meant business, internal communications broke down: during raids the big red busses pulled to the curb and the high black quacking taxis stopped short and their cabbies ducked.

From Time Magazine Archive

Did you hear that German girls threw flowers at the Jerries as they marched into Sibiu and Seghisoara?

From Time Magazine Archive

"If we tell a lot o' brass hats, the Jerries will sure hear about it," O'Malley said sourly.

From A Yankee Flier Over Berlin by Laune, Paul