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Tag: Operation Torch

Getting to Know Babe’s Whereabouts When He Landed in North Africa

January 29, 2012

Piecing together the life of a soldier from his letters is substantially more difficult than I expected. … More Getting to Know Babe’s Whereabouts When He Landed in North Africa

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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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