Straight from the Desk of Dennis Voy @ KMAQ Radio Station Downtown Maquoketa Iowa
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
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8/05/2009 04:17:00 PM
WHO IS THIS FORMER MAQUOKETA RESIDENT? THIS IS A 1942 PHOTO WHEN HE WAS HOME ON LEAVE IN MAQUOKETA, AFTER THE U.S. INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA AT FADALA, NEAR CASABLANCA. HE WAS A RADIO OPERATOR-TECHNICIAN DURING WWII. FOLLOWING THE NORTH AFRICA INVASION, HE MADE OTHERS AT SICILY, ITALY, AND FRANCE. HIS LAST INVASION WAS OF OKINAWA ON EASTER SUNDAY, 1945 WHERE A JAPANESE SUICIDE BOMBER BARELY MISSED HIS OUTFIT.
DENNIS VOY
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