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Pierre Voisin (1910–1987) was a senior French reporter.
As a reporter for ''Paris-Midi'' from 1933, he took part to the Second World War, first in the 2nd Armored Division, then in Senegal, Morocco and Corsica. He participated to Operation Dragoon in August 1944, then left as a volunteer in
''Ceux des chars''
Pierre Voisin
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Pierre Voisin (1910–1987) was a senior French reporter.
As a reporter for ''Paris-Midi'' from 1933, he took part to the Second World War, first in the 2nd Armored Division, then in Senegal, Morocco and Corsica. He participated to Operation Dragoon in August 1944, then left as a volunteer in French Indochina
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China),; vi, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, , lit. 'East Ocean under French Control; km, ឥណ្ឌូចិនបារាំង, ; th, อินโดจีนฝรั่งเศส, ...
in October 1945.
In 1947 he returned to civilian life and made reports for ''Le Monde
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'' and ''Le Figaro
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'' (Madagascar
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, French West Africa).
In 1951, he specialized in aviation (private plane pilot and helicopter) until his retirement in 1973.
His reports have taken him throughout the world: Israel, Algeria, the United States, Argentina, Malaysia, Venezuela, Caribbeans, etc.
In 1941, he published ''Ceux des chars'' and in 1948 was awarded the Albert Londres Prize for a series of articles on Haute-Volta.
External links
''Ceux des chars''
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