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Tag: Operation Avalanche

Babe’s Recent Letter Notes the Allies’ Italy Invasion; He Follows Later

February 11, 2012

Babe is writing about Operation Avalanche, the allied invasion of Italy. … More Babe’s Recent Letter Notes the Allies’ Italy Invasion; He Follows Later

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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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