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

‘These People Make Good Macaroni Too. Just Like You, Ma’

February 15, 2012

Also, my grandparents kept chickens in their yard in Mount Kisco. Babe boasts that now, he, too had one…briefly. … More ‘These People Make Good Macaroni Too. Just Like You, Ma’

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‘I Won’t Be Able to Send a Parrot or Monkey Anymore’

February 14, 2012

The headline pretty much says it all. I mean, did he really think he’d be able to send a monkey home? … More ‘I Won’t Be Able to Send a Parrot or Monkey Anymore’

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‘Still Well, Happy and Safe and I Hope You All Are the Same’

February 12, 2012

Apparently, Babe’s younger brother is “doing something worthwhile”—though we aren’t told what it is. … More ‘Still Well, Happy and Safe and I Hope You All Are the Same’

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Babe’s Recent Letter Notes the Allies’ Italy Invasion; He Follows Later

February 11, 2012

Babe is writing about Operation Avalanche, the allied invasion of Italy. … More Babe’s Recent Letter Notes the Allies’ Italy Invasion; He Follows Later

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Where Did Babe Fit Into the Mammoth Structure of the Military?

February 10, 2012

Babe has been assigned to the 34th Infantry Division, 168th Infantry Regiment. Shortly, he will be assigned to the Antitank Company within the 168th. What does that mean? … More Where Did Babe Fit Into the Mammoth Structure of the Military?

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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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