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Climbing Down Cliffs to Swim, and Back Up to Return

February 7, 2012

Babe also references visiting an Algerian town named “Canistel,” but I wasn’t able to find it on a map. … More Climbing Down Cliffs to Swim, and Back Up to Return

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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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