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

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