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Note to Brother Bob about Bob Hope, Training, News Back Home

January 8, 2012

An update from Babe with about a week and a half left on his stay at Camp Wheeler. The trip toward shipping overseas is about to begin. … More Note to Brother Bob about Bob Hope, Training, News Back Home

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On the Protection of Military Information and Boring Letters

January 3, 2012

“These letters aren’t nearly as interesting as they could be if we could write anything we want to write.” … More On the Protection of Military Information and Boring Letters

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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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  • 168th Infantry Regiment Entry on Wikipedia
  • 34th Infantry Division Association
  • 34th Infantry Division Entry on Wikipedia
  • 34th Infantry Division Resources
  • 5th Army Mobile Radio Station Scrapbook
  • Hooah Wife and Friends
  • Letters from WW II
  • Military Postal History Society
  • Mount Kisco Veterans Memorial Plaques
  • PBS 'War Letter' Documentary Site
  • Red Bull Rising
  • War Department Pamphlet No. 21‑1
  • World War II Daughters

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RSS WWII News

  • The paradise island haunted by one of the bloodiest battles of World War II - CNN
  • What Is Behind Russia’s Pared-Back WWII Victory Day Parade? - The Moscow Times
  • Joe Rogan mocks Ilhan Omar for reading World War II as 'World War Eleven' in resurfaced video - Fox News
  • Missing WWII Medal of Honor Recipient Returns Home for Burial 80 Years Later - Military.com
  • Memory War: WWII Memorials in Bosnia as Instruments of Division and Conflict - Balkan Insight
  • Rep Seth Moulton says Hegseth is 'guilty' of war crimes, links him to Nazis tried during World War II - Yahoo
  • Israel condemns Peru's president for claiming Jews caused World War II - ynetnews
  • World War II-era explosive device found in New Bremen - LimaOhio.com
  • Tom Hanks Officially Returns With a New World War II Series on May 25 - Collider
  • Ilhan Omar’s ‘World War 11’ Slip Sparks BRUTAL Backlash; Resurfaced VIRAL Clip Triggers Meme Storm - The Times of India

Top Posts

  • The Bullard Company, Where It Appears Babe's Grandfather Worked
  • Climbing Down Cliffs to Swim, and Back Up to Return
  • 'Red Bull Attacks': A Television Documentary About the 34th Infantry
  • Seems Strange That We Kind of Know Where He Is Now
  • Possibly New Photos of Babe from My Father's Archives
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