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  • Athol, Mass., native keeps it cool in Ramadi

    11/03/2005 3:30:39 PM PST · by SandRat · 7 replies · 244+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Nov 3, 2005 | Sgt. Ryan S. Scranton
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq (Nov. 3, 2005) -- What Cpl. Jeffery R. Lyskawa does here is not flashy or sexy. He doesn’t fly planes or stalk the enemy through the night. The 23-year-old Athol, Mass., native maintains and repairs dozens of air conditioners and generators that keep the 2nd Marine Division’s Communications Company up and running. It’s the type of thankless, sweaty job that leaves dirt under his fingernails at the end of the day. Lyskawa is like the Maytag Repair Man for Communications Company, which provides the main conduit for all internet, phone and radio communications flowing...