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My Grandmother Writes 3 Days After Babe’s Death; Doesn’t Yet Know He’s Gone

September 5, 2014

“I know it is too soon to hope for anything yet concerning you. But I can dream, can’t I? At least maybe now you will get to see your cousins & uncle.” … More My Grandmother Writes 3 Days After Babe’s Death; Doesn’t Yet Know He’s Gone

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‘Sure Was Good to Hear You Are All Right’

August 22, 2014

Another letter from my grandmother to my Uncle Babe, returned to her as undeliverable after he was killed. … More ‘Sure Was Good to Hear You Are All Right’

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From My Grandmother to Her Son, Babe

August 7, 2014

One of the very few letters I have from someone on this side of the Atlantic Ocean. A letter to Babe from his mother. It’s very brief, as all V-mail letters are. … More From My Grandmother to Her Son, Babe

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A Slideshow of Some of the People We’ve Met in Babe’s Story

July 10, 2014

I thought it might be a nice time to step back and take a look at some of the people we’ve met in the course of telling Babe’s story. Here’s a link back to my early post introducing the characters in the beginning.

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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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Letters from an Everyman in WWII Frank D. "Babe" Mauro Born, Oct. 9, 1924 Died, May 4, 1945

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  • Why Japan wants to create its first modern spy agency since World War II - The Washington Post
  • FOX 11 takes flight above EAA AirVenture in World War II bomber - WLUK
  • This oak tree survived a World War II bomber crash nearly 80 years ago. Now it is competing for Tree of t - The Times of India
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  • World War II-era grenade found in Baton Rouge home, retrieved by Fort Polk personnel - WBRZ
  • Possible World War II Allied aircraft crash site identified in Polish forest after wartime wreckage analysis - Archaeology News Online Magazine
  • Meet the 'most beautiful woman in the world' Hedy Lamarr: The Hollywood icon who escaped Nazi Europe, inve - The Economic Times
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