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Month: January 2012

An Encounter, Apparently, with Another Buddy from Back Home

January 6, 2012

“Frank himself will be shipped out of here by Saturday of this week. I expect to be in another camp myself in three weeks.” … More An Encounter, Apparently, with Another Buddy from Back Home

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Censorship and Protecting Military Information in Letters Home

January 5, 2012

Soldiers in the army were apparently trained about what they could and couldn’t say in their letters home. … More Censorship and Protecting Military Information in Letters Home

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Scolding His Brother About Safeguarding Military Information

January 4, 2012

“There are a lot of things I’d like to tell you, but I just can’t. Every day we get an army circular issued by the War Department read to us on preserving military information.” … More Scolding His Brother About Safeguarding Military Information

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On the Protection of Military Information and Boring Letters

January 3, 2012

“These letters aren’t nearly as interesting as they could be if we could write anything we want to write.” … More On the Protection of Military Information and Boring Letters

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The ‘Bullard Events’ Company Newsletter Notes Babe’s Death

January 2, 2012

The library director for the Fairfield Museum, sent me a photocopy of a page from Bullard’s newsletter last week. … More The ‘Bullard Events’ Company Newsletter Notes Babe’s Death

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Letters from an Everyman in WWII Frank D. "Babe" Mauro Born, Oct. 9, 1924 Died, May 4, 1945

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