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Tag: Vin Mauro

‘I’ll Bet Italy Is a Nice Place When It Doesn’t Rain’

February 25, 2012

“All we do here all day long is building fires to dry the mud off of our feet. The reason it takes all day to dry our feet is because we have to plow through the stuff continually to get enough wood to keep the fire going.” … More ‘I’ll Bet Italy Is a Nice Place When It Doesn’t Rain’

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‘The Influential Politicians Drafted Only the Poorer Class of People’

February 20, 2012

The Italians can’t understand how Americans can have a washing machine in their own homes — or how everyone is in the same social class. … More ‘The Influential Politicians Drafted Only the Poorer Class of People’

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‘I Received a Couple of Birthday Cards from Bib and Rosemarie’

February 17, 2012

Plus, Babe responds to a late-breaking letter he received from his brother Vin just before this one went into the envelope. … More ‘I Received a Couple of Birthday Cards from Bib and Rosemarie’

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‘I Won’t Be Able to Send a Parrot or Monkey Anymore’

February 14, 2012

The headline pretty much says it all. I mean, did he really think he’d be able to send a monkey home? … More ‘I Won’t Be Able to Send a Parrot or Monkey Anymore’

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‘Still Well, Happy and Safe and I Hope You All Are the Same’

February 12, 2012

Apparently, Babe’s younger brother is “doing something worthwhile”—though we aren’t told what it is. … More ‘Still Well, Happy and Safe and I Hope You All Are the Same’

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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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