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Category: 1944 Letters

‘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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‘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 Good Meal with Soldiers from Newfoundland and the Italian Family

March 22, 2012

Food is a major theme of this brief letter home from Babe. … More A Good Meal with Soldiers from Newfoundland and the Italian Family

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‘I Am Enjoying Midnite Snacks of Cheese and Bread’

March 20, 2012

“I was listening to the hit parade the other day when Frank Sinatra sang ‘My Heart Tells Me,’ which was No. one. I could just imagine all of the women there pulling their hair out and screaming when he finished.” … More ‘I Am Enjoying Midnite Snacks of Cheese and Bread’

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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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RSS WWII News

  • Body of World War II veteran returns home after 85 years - KEYC News Now
  • World War II soldier from New Ulm to be laid to rest after DNA identification - CBS News
  • Missing for decades, remains of WWII Medal of Honor recipient come home to Minnesota - Star Tribune
  • Minnesota WWII hero finally home: Medal of Valor recipient ID’d after 80 years - FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
  • 83 years after a final WWII mission in the Pacific, New York's Nicholas Governale comes home - Newsday
  • CBS News Radio flashback: Japan surrenders in 1945, ending World War II - CBS News
  • Inside The Berlin Philharmonic's Chilling Final Concert Just Days Before The Nazi Party Fell - All That's Interesting
  • 100-year-old Overland Park man, WWII vet reflects on his life - Johnson County Post
  • Remains of WWII airman killed in action finally return home to NYC 80 years later: 'It's a miracle' - New York Post
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