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A Georgia Hike: ‘One of the Fellows Fainted from Sweating’

December 23, 2011

With only 20 minutes to spare, Babe dashes off a pretty interesting little letter. … More A Georgia Hike: ‘One of the Fellows Fainted from Sweating’

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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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