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Author: Kurt Greenbaum

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

Package: How Much Would You Pay if You Were Going to Buy It?

April 9, 2012

We don’t know what Babe sent home–but he definitely thought it was valuable. … More Package: How Much Would You Pay if You Were Going to Buy It?

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Wartime Postmaster Details the Work of Mail Delivery in WWII

April 2, 2012

“It is so essential to morale that army and navy officers of the highest rank list mail almost on a level with munitions and food.” … More Wartime Postmaster Details the Work of Mail Delivery in WWII

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A Quick Note about Packages, Letters and His Pipe

April 1, 2012

A routine update on letters received and packages desired. … More A Quick Note about Packages, Letters and His Pipe

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Where Is the USO Movie That Includes Babe in the Front Row?

March 30, 2012

Where can I put my hands on that movie? … More Where Is the USO Movie That Includes Babe in the Front Row?

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‘I Was Right in Front (in) a Movie of a U.S.O. Show with Ella Logan’

March 29, 2012

“I was in the movies about two months ago and if you saw it, you wouldn’t have missed seeing me.” … More ‘I Was Right in Front (in) a Movie of a U.S.O. Show with Ella Logan’

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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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RSS WWII News

  • World War II aircraft history tour coming to Lexington - WKYT
  • This oak tree survived a World War II bomber crash nearly 80 years ago. Now it is competing for Tree of t - The Times of India
  • Was World War II the ‘Good War’? - The Dispatch
  • Lancaster World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday with family, city and state honors - 10TV
  • Possible World War II Allied aircraft crash site identified in Polish forest after wartime wreckage analysis - Archaeology News Online Magazine
  • This Indian Maharaja Saved Hundreds of Polish Orphans During World War II, Offering Them Refuge When No One Else Would - Smithsonian Magazine
  • An excavation in Taiwan searches for remains of Japanese soldiers lost in WWII ship sinking - ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  • 3 World War II Movies That Are Terrible From Start to Finish - Collider
  • Once World War II POW housing, this Bay City building could get new life through city tax breaks - MLive.com
  • POW remains returning to Rudolph 84 years after WWII death - WSAW

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