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Author: Kurt Greenbaum

A media consultant and communications director for Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.

‘I Never Starve, So I Guess I Get Enough to Eat’

October 24, 2013

“I don’t see how they get people to see (Mickey Rooney) play in the same picture every time under a different title. All of those pictures are alike and they don’t appeal to me in the least anymore.” … More ‘I Never Starve, So I Guess I Get Enough to Eat’

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On Plums, Packages, Strikes Back Home and the Brooklyn Dodgers

October 23, 2013

“All I’ve got to say is that they better not have a strike on the railroad because that would make me mad. It makes us pretty mad every time they strike back there.” … More On Plums, Packages, Strikes Back Home and the Brooklyn Dodgers

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‘I Am in a Red Cross Tent, in a Tent City, with the Radio Going’

October 22, 2013

With all the activity around Babe as he writes this letter, “it’s tough trying to concentrate.” … More ‘I Am in a Red Cross Tent, in a Tent City, with the Radio Going’

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A New Resource for Casualty Info, But Not Much Help in Babe’s Case

October 21, 2013

Jeff Brown, curator of the website 34thinfantry.com, has researched “casualty death biographies” from the 34th Infantry Division in World War II. … More A New Resource for Casualty Info, But Not Much Help in Babe’s Case

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‘Well Spent Time; I Have Gained Valuable Experience Though It’

October 18, 2013

“I can tell every time you worry about me by your letters, and I don’t want you to worry.” … More ‘Well Spent Time; I Have Gained Valuable Experience Though It’

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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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Links of Interest

  • 168th Infantry Regiment Entry on Wikipedia
  • 34th Infantry Division Association
  • 34th Infantry Division Entry on Wikipedia
  • 34th Infantry Division Resources
  • 5th Army Mobile Radio Station Scrapbook
  • Hooah Wife and Friends
  • Letters from WW II
  • Military Postal History Society
  • Mount Kisco Veterans Memorial Plaques
  • PBS 'War Letter' Documentary Site
  • Red Bull Rising
  • War Department Pamphlet No. 21‑1
  • World War II Daughters

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  • Missing World War 2 soldier returning home to Kingston - NEWS10 ABC
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  • Arkansas World War II soldier returns home after 84 years - KARK
  • Why Was the C-47 Skytrain the Most Indispensable Plane of World War II? - TheCollector
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