Private (Corporal in Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts, later even promoted) Joe Polonsky was a young member of the Marine Raiders in World War II. He was assigned to the First Division of Marines and fought under the command of Sergeant Sullivan and Corporal Roebuck.

History

Polonsky was a young Marine and was still under the command of Sergeant Sullivan during Mission Little Resistance, but for the rest of the game he went by Donald Roebuck. Roebuck describes him and the rest of the team as newcomers, just having their first mission on Makin Atoll, while he himself, Private Miller and Sergeant Sullivan are already old hands, although none of them is over 30. Polonsky is first seen in the landing craft that takes Miller and the others to Peleliu. He and the other Marines fight their way through Japanese counterattacks on the beach in preparation for an allied attack. At the end of the mission, however, Sullivan is stabbed by a Japanese banzai warrior. Polonsky and the others kill Sullivan’s killer, but it is too late. After Roebuck is promoted to sergeant, the team is to take the airport on the island. On the way, the squad sees a plane that has been shot down, but when they try to find the pilot, they notice that the plane has been booby-trapped, which disgusts Polonsky quite a bit. Capturing the airport does not cause them the biggest problem, however they have to withstand an assault by the Japanese until allies attack with the planes. Polonsky stays with his troops and takes the rest of Peleliu, followed later by Okinawa. After a fierce attack on a cliff, Polonsky complains to Major Gordon that the Marines are short of supplies while Miller and Roebuck load wounded onto a truck, but he is unsuccessful. In the final American mission in Call of Duty: World at War, Polonsky and the others attack Shuri Castle, where a group of Japanese surrender, but this is just a ruse. When Polonsky isn’t paying attention for a moment, he is attacked by one. Doing nothing to save Roebuck, its attacker explodes a grenade by his head, sending himself to the afterlife as well, but Polonsky loses his temper and shoots the remaining Japanese with his M1 Garand. At the end of the mission, Polonsky hands Roebuck’s badge to Miller, while Roebuck himself describes the level’s exit in the background. If you save Roebuck, Polonsky dies from the grenade, however, the rest of the mission then proceeds the same.
Polonsky supports the player throughout the campaign and is known for his witty sayings. If he is in range and the player should be careless, he usually gives him covering fire. Banzai warriors are also no problem for Polonsky, as he either finishes them off with the end of his rifle or knocks them to the ground and then shoots them at close range. He almost always carries his beloved M1 Garand and seems to be quite a good shot with the rifle as well.

Well-known missions in Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts

• Battle of Guadalcanal (February 9, 1943)
• Battle of Betio-Island Part 1 (November 20, 1943)
• Battle of Betio Island Part 2 (November 21, 1943)
• Battle of Saipan (June 15, 1944)
• Battle of Mount Tapochou (25 June 1944)
• Battle of Okinawa (May 28, 1945)
• Battle of Shuri Castle (May 28, 1945)

Proverbs

• Oh yes! Good night!
• Let’s give them Miller and they’ll surrender for sure!
• I tell you boys, the Japanese want that hill so bad they can have it. It’s just a stinking jungle and…. (kills mosquito) Damn…bugs!
• You’re not getting rid of me that easily, Sergeant.
• Wait, who’s gonna make sure Miller does his job right?
• Look who wanted to come to the party too!
• What, we gotta bail out the 8th? Who next? My mother in Queens?
• Dying! You…son…of…a…WHORE!
• Miller! They killed the sarge!
• You go to hell, you hear me? Straight to the underworld!
• Good shot, eagle eye!
• It’s a fucking bloodbath.
• This is our target? This is a goddamn fortress!
• You worthless animals!
• You hear that? Go on, call in those damn planes!
• Blow the bastards to hell!
• Take that, gook!
• This is bullshit, you hear me Sarge? By tomorrow, we’re gonna hit some wet shit.
• I AM UNSTOPPABLE!
• Shit, we’re on a platter!
• We got 30 seconds to finish this!
• It’s not gonna move!

Info

• Polonsky doesn’t seem particularly close to Sergeant Sullivan until the end of the mission, when he is stabbed.
• He has similarities to the PFC Reiben from the movie Saving Private Ryan.
• Polonsky is from New York, as can be seen from several sayings.
• The character model for Tank Dempsey was simply copied from Joe Polonsky.
• When the player achieves a multi-launch in multiplayer and then calls a launch series, he can hear Polonsky.
• Some of the above sayings are not available on the Wii version.
• Polonsky starts each mission with a helmet, but by the end it has usually been shot off his head again.
• If Polonsky dies without a helmet, he wears it again in the next cutscene.
• Polonsky wears much less equipment than other Marines in the game, as he has no combat vest, embroidery or ammo belt, only his M1 Garand.
• Should you manage to save both Roebuck and Polonsky, Roebuck reacts as if Polonsky had died, while the latter stands still for the rest of the assault on Shuri Castle.
• In the mission where Polonsky can also die, he complains that he is running out of ammunition, to which Roebuck replies that he should take an enemy’s gun. Despite this, Polonsky goes through the entire level with his M1 Garand without swapping it. When he dies and you take his M1 Garand, there are still around 50 bullets in the gun. Rarely, but sometimes he uses his M1911 later in the mission.
• Some of the marines in multiplayer have the same voice as Polonsky.

Heroes (Call of Duty)

The Call of Duty series has existed since 2003 and in addition to various spin-offs, including for the handheld systems Nintendo DS and Sony PSP, 14 major titles of the series have now been released. Ever since the first part of the series, great emphasis has been placed on the online multiplayer mode in addition to the single-player campaign, which is also reflected in the development of the shooter series. Since the first Call of Duty, World at War, which was developed exclusively by Treyarch, each part also included cooperative challenges that you could play together with friends. The latest installment, Call of Duty: World War II, also features an extended multiplayer mode that puts you and your friends in the combat zones and famous battles of World War II. Using the divisions, you’ll be able to choose between the deadly sniper and the brute armored division and support your comrades in battle. In addition, World War II also has a zombie mode “Nazi Zombies”, as in its predecessor Call of Duty: Black Ops. Face the monsters of the Third Reich and win glory and honor.