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Tag: North Africa

Babe Was Among the Replacements for N. Africa POWs

December 10, 2011

Just as Babe enlisted in the army, something rather momentous was happening in Northern Africa that would ultimately affect my uncle. … More Babe Was Among the Replacements for N. Africa POWs

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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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