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Tag: Joe Acquista

Looking for Addresses for Some Back-Home Boys

October 16, 2013

A letter noteworthy mostly for the names of hometown pals that Babe drops. … More Looking for Addresses for Some Back-Home Boys

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Letter to Joe Acquista Returned: ‘I Hope It’s a Good Reason’

July 3, 2013

A very short update without much news. … More Letter to Joe Acquista Returned: ‘I Hope It’s a Good Reason’

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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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‘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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‘It Is Almost Impossible for Me to Find Anyone in the Same Army’

March 26, 2012

A letter dated one year after Babe enlisted in the army. … More ‘It Is Almost Impossible for Me to Find Anyone in the Same Army’

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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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