11/25/2024

The Naming of the St. Quentin Post

(UPDATE BELOW!)

Be sure to read "The Naming of the St. Quentin Post", researched and presented by Post Historian Rob Smith this past Veterans' Day.  It tells the story of two men from Ely, Joseph Dvorak and Charles Noska, who died near the city of St. Quentin, France in World War I.  Smith does a wonderful job of taking us back in time and describing  the conditions of the war the men experienced, as well as conditions back home.  Other Ely area men who died in World War I were Joseph Filipi, Joseph F. Kriz, and Frank Moses, Jr.  Read the story at St. Quentin Post website



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UPDATE:

From Judy Daubenmier
Charles Noska was my great uncle. He was a twin. He was drafted despite having a withered arm. My grandmother kept his photo and pointed it out to me often. She never forgot him. The information on the post website is very informative. It does leave out several other children in the family, including my grandmother and her twin sister.

Here is a photo of his grave (provided by Rob Smith, who says -
I visited his grave at the Somme American Cemetery in France. It is a gorgeous place.)


 


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