The African Dodger (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I'm confused -- I thought that the purpose was to hit the African Dodger
in the head with a baseball, but the referenced book talks about hitting
a plunger and making the Bobo drop into the water, like a modern dunking
booth (although it also references hitting him in the head -- like I
said, it's confusing.)

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> On p.15 of this GB book, the African Dodger is called, "The Bobo."
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> http://goo.gl/odqsw
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