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Tag: Italy

A Detailed Six-Page Letter Describing a Family and Other Italians

March 7, 2012

The amount of detail in this letter might make it one of my favorites from Babe. … More A Detailed Six-Page Letter Describing a Family and Other Italians

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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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