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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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‘These People Make Good Macaroni Too. Just Like You, Ma’

February 15, 2012

Also, my grandparents kept chickens in their yard in Mount Kisco. Babe boasts that now, he, too had one…briefly. … More ‘These People Make Good Macaroni Too. Just Like You, Ma’

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An Enjoyable Hope-Lamour Movie; More About the Local Money

January 30, 2012

Babe apparently sent French currency back to his family, too. “The French let their money keep in circulation until it crumples into dust.” … More An Enjoyable Hope-Lamour Movie; More About the Local Money

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‘The First Time I Ever Got Chicken, Tomatoes or Pie From the Army’

January 11, 2012

Plus, Babe describes an assignment he and a couple of other radio operators had to complete with a colonel. … More ‘The First Time I Ever Got Chicken, Tomatoes or Pie From the Army’

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Another Puzzling Reference to a Celebrity; This Time, Bob Hope

January 9, 2012

A couple of interesting veins I wanted to tap while blogging about Babe’s letters so far have turned into dead-ends. … More Another Puzzling Reference to a Celebrity; This Time, Bob Hope

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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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