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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

  • Family finds World War II grenade in grandfather’s basement - Popular Science
  • Two Years After World War II Ended, This Ship Brought the Bodies of 6,251 Fallen Service Members Back Home to America - Smithsonian Magazine
  • Iowa sailor killed in WWII identified after 82 years - KCCI
  • A famed rabbi’s yeshiva reopens for students for the first time since World War II - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  • A World War II Museum Brings the Lessons of War to a Younger Audience - The New York Times
  • Meeting to discuss the removal of unexploded munitions from World War II live-fire training - Big Island Now
  • Local WWII veterans celebrate 99th birthdays - WOODTV.com
  • WORLD WAR II, SECRET ALLIANCES AND FAMILY LEGACIES COLLIDE IN NEW HISTORICAL NOVEL - EIN Presswire
  • Scott County World War II soldier who died in Japanese prison camp to be laid to rest - WJHL
  • Polish woman who smuggled 2,500 Jewish children to safety in toolboxes, suitcases, and coffins rejected WWII 'hero' label - Upworthy

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