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Letter to Joe Acquista Returned: ‘I Hope It’s a Good Reason’

July 3, 2013

A very short update without much news. … More Letter to Joe Acquista Returned: ‘I Hope It’s a Good Reason’

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The First Pizza He’s Had Since Leaving the States

July 2, 2013

“They don’t make it the same as we do in the States and I had to put tomato in the thing myself, but it tasted pretty good anyway.” … More The First Pizza He’s Had Since Leaving the States

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A Mother’s Day Card, Sent by V-Mail

July 1, 2013

This undated Mother’s Day “card” was loose among the letters that my mother had recovered from my grandmother when she died. … More A Mother’s Day Card, Sent by V-Mail

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The Company Has Adopted Some Dogs Named Red and Hootch

June 26, 2013

Hootch is also pregnant. Somehow, Babe knows that Hootch is “an Arab dog” and Red Italian. … More The Company Has Adopted Some Dogs Named Red and Hootch

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‘I Took My First Bath in a Bathtub Yesterday Since I Left Home’

June 25, 2013

The house Babe grew up in only had a bathtub–no shower. I know, because the only time I ever took a bath was when I visited my grandmother in the same house. … More ‘I Took My First Bath in a Bathtub Yesterday Since I Left Home’

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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

  • Two Years After World War II Ended, This Ship Brought the Bodies of 6,251 Fallen Service Members Back Home to America - Smithsonian Magazine
  • A World War II Museum Brings the Lessons of War to a Younger Audience - The New York Times
  • Family finds World War II grenade in grandfather’s basement - Popular Science
  • ‘The Mosquito Bowl’ Review: ‘Friday Night Lights’ Meets ‘Five Came Back’ in Peter Berg’s Formulaic Netflix Movie About a World War II Football Game - IndieWire
  • Meeting to discuss the removal of unexploded munitions from World War II live-fire training - Big Island Now
  • Scott County World War II soldier who died in Japanese prison camp to be laid to rest - WJHL
  • Canadian steamship torpedoed by Nazi U-boat discovered off MDI - Bangor Daily News
  • Polish woman who smuggled 2,500 Jewish children to safety in toolboxes, suitcases, and coffins rejected WWII 'hero' label - Upworthy
  • 81 years later, a son pays tribute to his father’s WWII mercy ride - Deseret News
  • 80 Years After It Survived WWII, a Fire Has Destroyed Hitler’s Infamous Eagle’s Nest - Popular Mechanics

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