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Tag: Rome

Seems Strange That We Kind of Know Where He Is Now

July 11, 2013

We know that the 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, came ashore in Salerno, just south of Naples (and nearly 170 miles south of Rome), in September 1943. … More Seems Strange That We Kind of Know Where He Is Now

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‘You Don’t Have to Tell Me Not to Marry Any of Them’

July 9, 2013

Babe’s observations on the Italians he encounters—particularly about the “nice girls” he comes across. … More ‘You Don’t Have to Tell Me Not to Marry Any of Them’

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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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