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Getting My Arms Around the Process of Delivering Wartime Mail

March 28, 2012

Mail delivery in wartime seems like a little bit of a miracle to me. … More Getting My Arms Around the Process of Delivering Wartime Mail

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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 Word Cloud of the 1943 Letters Transcribed on My Blog

March 24, 2012

The 1943 letters, illustrated. … More A Word Cloud of the 1943 Letters Transcribed on My Blog

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Wondering About Mail Delivery: What Does a Postmark Mean?

March 23, 2012

Once a letter gets a postmark, do they all travel the same route through the postal service? … More Wondering About Mail Delivery: What Does a Postmark Mean?

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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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  • 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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RSS WWII News

  • Japan lifts post-World War II ban on lethal weapons exports - The Washington Post
  • CBS News Radio flashback: Japan surrenders in 1945, ending World War II - CBS News
  • Community Honors Homeless World War II POW Who Couldn’t Speak - Military.com
  • World War II Movie Kintsukuroi Gets Intense Trailer, Release Date Set | Exclusive - Yahoo
  • The Greatest World War II Movie Of All Time Is Officially Releasing On Netflix 32 Years Later - ScreenRant
  • Karamanlis: The Leader Who Dominated Post-World War II Greece - GreekReporter.com
  • 100 Years of Living: Central Texas WWII Veteran marks a century of life - KCENTV.com
  • Plans to Repurpose World War II-Era Hangar, Huts in Goleta Get Design Approval - Noozhawk
  • Clint Eastwood Wishes More People Had Seen His Underrated World War II Movie - slashfilm.com
  • Netflix Just Landed a Wild New World War II Thriller Described as 'Don't Breathe' Meets '1917' From Sam Raimi - MovieWeb

Top Posts

  • The Bullard Company, Where It Appears Babe's Grandfather Worked
  • Wartime Postmaster Details the Work of Mail Delivery in WWII
  • Piecing Together Babe's Last Stops Before He Went to North Africa
  • The Postmaster's Order Regulating How Soldiers Got Packages
  • The Last Letter to Babe
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