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‘I Never Starve, So I Guess I Get Enough to Eat’

October 24, 2013

“I don’t see how they get people to see (Mickey Rooney) play in the same picture every time under a different title. All of those pictures are alike and they don’t appeal to me in the least anymore.” … More ‘I Never Starve, So I Guess I Get Enough to Eat’

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A Quick Note about Packages, Letters and His Pipe

April 1, 2012

A routine update on letters received and packages desired. … More A Quick Note about Packages, Letters and His Pipe

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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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‘Make Up Your Minds About How Long Vince Was Home’

March 19, 2012

Babe also recalls a story from his youth about his family bought jelly for the glasses it came in, but the story takes a weird turn. … More ‘Make Up Your Minds About How Long Vince Was Home’

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About Babe’s Cousin Gevena: ‘Ma, That Kid Has Brains’

March 14, 2012

Babe refers to a cousin, whom I got to know when I was a youngster: my first cousin once-removed, Gevena LePre. … More About Babe’s Cousin Gevena: ‘Ma, That Kid Has Brains’

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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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  • Two Years After World War II Ended, This Ship Brought the Bodies of 6,251 Fallen Service Members Back Home to America - Smithsonian Magazine
  • A World War II Museum Brings the Lessons of War to a Younger Audience - The New York Times
  • Family finds World War II grenade in grandfather’s basement - Popular Science
  • 81 years later, a son pays tribute to his father’s WWII mercy ride - Deseret News
  • Hundreds died in USS Houston in WWII. Indonesia will now preserve the shipwreck. - Houston Chronicle
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  • More than 40 sets of World War II remains exhumed in Mlyniv, Rivne region - Ukrinform
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