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Attempting to Identify Babe’s Location from the Clues in His Letters

October 31, 2013

The last three 1944 letters I’ve transcribed from Babe have relatively large gaps between them — July 22, Aug. 6 and Aug. 31 — and they seem to give a little hint about where he might be. … More Attempting to Identify Babe’s Location from the Clues in His Letters

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Seems Strange That We Kind of Know Where He Is Now

July 11, 2013

We know that the 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, came ashore in Salerno, just south of Naples (and nearly 170 miles south of Rome), in September 1943. … More Seems Strange That We Kind of Know Where He Is Now

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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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