veteransradio.net interview
Sun, 2006-01-29 16:18 | 
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Log on and tune in Sunday 29 January at 5:00pm CST at www.veteransradio.net to hear Dale Throneberry's interview with "An Ocean Away" director Patrick Fries and film principals Linda Matocha Masur and Marine Andre Boersma as they discuss the journey that brought USMC LT Donald Matocha home from Vietnam.
Photos
Tue, 2006-01-10 13:47 | talldavid
2nd Lt. Donald Matocha
Matocha Family Photos from the "Cousin's Reunion" 2004
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Tue, 2006-01-10 13:24 | talldavid
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Long-missing Marine comes home at last
Sat, 2004-09-25 13:55 | talldavid
Long-missing Marine comes home at last September 5, 2004 - Houston Chronicle
Donald Matocha balked when his sister Linda asked him to be godfather to her soon-to-be-born son. He was being ordered to Vietnam with a reconnaissance unit, Matocha warned, and his chances of returning home to Smithville were not good. Unfazed, his sister stuck with her decision. Months later, on April 5, 1968, the young Marine was killed in action.
Thus, Wayne Masur never met his uncle. But even after death, the Marine fulfilled the mentoring obligations of a godfather. The stories family members told made it seem Matocha never had died. ...
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2nd Lt. Donald Matocha - Home at Last
Thu, 2004-09-23 13:50 | talldavid
Home at Last September 23, 2004 - Quala Matocha
Home at last. After missing in action in South Vietnam since April 5, 1968, the remains of U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Donald John Matocha finally came home to his family and friends in the small Southeast Texas town of Smithville. ...
"Semper fidelis" - the Marine Corps motto - means "Always Faithful" and that warm Saturday morning, the Department of Defense and the Corps held true to that promise as Matocha came home, 36 years after his final fight....
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