Skip to content

Well, Happy and Safe

An Everyman in World War II

  • Start Here
    • Read This First
    • Cast of Characters
    • Notes on This Project
    • My 1995 Article
    • Why “Well, Happy and Safe”?
  • Letters
    • 1943 Letters
    • 1944 Letters
    • 1945 Letters
  • Commentary
  • Asides
  • About
    • Kurt Greenbaum’s Portfolio Articles
    • My Business Site
    • Contact

Author: Kurt Greenbaum

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

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

1 Comment Censorship and Protecting Military Information in Letters Home

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

Leave a comment Scolding His Brother About Safeguarding Military Information

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

Leave a comment On the Protection of Military Information and Boring Letters

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

Leave a comment The ‘Bullard Events’ Company Newsletter Notes Babe’s Death

What Was So Special About Jack Benny in May 1943?

January 1, 2012

Babe tells his parents, “If you didn’t hear it, ask someone who did why I mentioned it.” … More What Was So Special About Jack Benny in May 1943?

4 Comments What Was So Special About Jack Benny in May 1943?

Posts navigation

Older posts
Newer posts

Well, Happy and Safe

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

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

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

Follow Me

  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook
  • X
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

Recent Comments

  • Betty Phifer on Christmas 1944 Dinner at the 64th General Hospital
  • Kathleen Olsen on Christmas 1944 Dinner at the 64th General Hospital
  • Betty on Christmas 1944 Dinner at the 64th General Hospital

RSS WWII News

  • This Indian Maharaja Saved Hundreds of Polish Orphans During World War II, Offering Them Refuge When No One Else Would - Smithsonian Magazine
  • FOX 11 takes flight above EAA AirVenture in World War II bomber - WLUK
  • How a photograph lost during WWII connected 2 families across continents and generations - KSL.com
  • Cedar Rapids families united by World War II plane crash - thegazette.com
  • Was World War II the ‘Good War’? - The Dispatch
  • 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
  • POW remains returning to Rudolph 84 years after WWII death - WSAW
  • Possible World War II Allied aircraft crash site identified in Polish forest after wartime wreckage analysis - Archaeology News Online Magazine
  • The man whose codebreaking may have helped to shorten the Second World War by two years met a grim reward: in 1952 Alan Turing was convicted simply for being gay and chemically castrated; a royal pardon came only in 2013, decades after his death - Space Daily
  • World War II aircraft history tour coming to Lexington - WKYT

Top Posts

  • The Bullard Company, Where It Appears Babe's Grandfather Worked
  • Wartime Postmaster Details the Work of Mail Delivery in WWII
  • Another Puzzling Reference to a Celebrity; This Time, Bob Hope
  • Wondering About Mail Delivery: What Does a Postmark Mean?
  • A Few Notes as I Embark on Transcribing These Letters
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Well, Happy and Safe
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Well, Happy and Safe
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
Loading Comments...