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Tag: U.S. Postal Service

Wondering About Mail Delivery: What Does a Postmark Mean?

March 23, 2012

Once a letter gets a postmark, do they all travel the same route through the postal service? … More Wondering About Mail Delivery: What Does a Postmark Mean?

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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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  • A 2,050-ton World War II destroyer is ready to sail home to Baton Rouge, but she can only float back into her riverbank cradle with the Mississippi at 32 feet, a line the river now sits nearly 20 feet below, and the last time it got that high she was sitting in dry dock - Autonocion.com
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