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Facing the Monotony of Hospital Life after Babe’s Injury

July 7, 2014

Babe was able to spin out a decent letter, in spite of suffering from the boredom of a long hospital stay after his injury. ” There is a movie in the hospital which plays three times a week. The rest of my time is spent either thinking or reading at a ratio of three to one.” … More Facing the Monotony of Hospital Life after Babe’s Injury

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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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