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Author: Kurt Greenbaum

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

Getting My Arms Around the Process of Delivering Wartime Mail

March 28, 2012

Mail delivery in wartime seems like a little bit of a miracle to me. … More Getting My Arms Around the Process of Delivering Wartime Mail

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‘Right Now, I Am Listening to Dinah Shore on the Radio’

March 27, 2012

Babe drops several celebrity names here–but it’s not as though he saw any of them in person. … More ‘Right Now, I Am Listening to Dinah Shore on the Radio’

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‘It Is Almost Impossible for Me to Find Anyone in the Same Army’

March 26, 2012

A letter dated one year after Babe enlisted in the army. … More ‘It Is Almost Impossible for Me to Find Anyone in the Same Army’

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A Word Cloud of the 1943 Letters Transcribed on My Blog

March 24, 2012

The 1943 letters, illustrated. … More A Word Cloud of the 1943 Letters Transcribed on My Blog

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Wondering About Mail Delivery: What Does a Postmark Mean?

March 23, 2012

Once a letter gets a postmark, do they all travel the same route through the postal service? … More Wondering About Mail Delivery: What Does a Postmark Mean?

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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

  • US suspends joint defence effort with Canada dating back to World War II - Al Jazeera
  • Public shows support for late World War II veteran with no known living family - WPRI.com
  • Community honors World War II veteran laid to rest in Massachusetts with no known family - WJAR
  • Henry Cavill’s Wild World War II Movie Hits Peacock Today - Yahoo
  • Fact-check: Is Trump proposing the biggest military spending boost since World War II? - WRAL
  • Hundreds attend funeral for Massachusetts World War II veteran with no known family, "He deserved this kind of send off" - CBS News
  • Barrington World War II veteran passes away at 101 years old - WPRI.com
  • US Pauses Joint Defense Effort With Canada That Dates to WWII - U.S. News & World Report
  • Photos: Troy banner honors airman lost in World War II - Yahoo
  • During World War II, she dropped out of Robert Morris to join the Army. At age 100, the school awarded her an honorary degree. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Top Posts

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  • The Uncle Who Never Came Home
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