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Category: 1943 Letters

First Card, from Camp Upton, on Long Island

December 4, 2011

It’s just a postcard. Very little to say. But Babe is enjoying himself so far! … More First Card, from Camp Upton, on Long Island

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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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