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Who Is This ‘Mr. Morgan’ Babe Keeps Mentioning in His Letters?

Mount Kisco Elementary, which was a K-12 school including Mount Kisco High until 1956. In at least four or five of Babe’s letters recently, he’s made reference to “Mr. Morgan,” in the context of...

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A Lovely Description of All the Fruit Trees Near Him

Olives. Taken by Nick Fraser in 2005. The fruit of an Olive Tree by the Dead Sea in Jordan. Via Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Olivesfromjordan.jpg Dated Oct. 31, 1943; postmarked Nov. 4....

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

'The Baily Bridge' in Italy, by Tom Craig, from 'A Brief History of the U.S. Army in World War II,' from the Government Printing Office. This painting is from the Army Art Collection. It's a challenge...

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Putting in His Order for a Package of Stuff; Living High off the Natives

Dated Nov. 11, 1943; postmarked Nov. 14. There is a “parcel post” stamp from Mount Kisco, N.Y., on the letter itself, not the envelope, dated Dec. 11. Dear Mom and Pop, I am well, happy and safe and I...

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His Fellow Radio Operator, a Package from Home and the Silly Army

From the U.S. Army publication "Naples-Foggia: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II." The caption on this National Archives photo says only "waging war against mud." Dated Nov. 21, 1943; postmarked...

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Pictures, Please: ‘We Are Dying to See What You Look Like Now’

Artie Shaw Dated Jan. 12, 1944; postmarked Jan. 15. Dear Folks, I am well, happy and safe and I hope you all are the same. I received Mr. Morgan’s second letter and I wrote him a couple of letters...

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About Babe’s Cousin Gevena: ‘Ma, That Kid Has Brains’

Dated Jan. 15, 1944; postmarked Jan. 17. Dear Folks, I am well, happy and safe and I hope you all are the same. I received your letter written the same day that Vince left from his two-day leave. He...

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‘Make Up Your Minds About How Long Vince Was Home’

My grandfather (Babe's father) worked for the New York Central Railroad; Babe mentions it in this letter. Dated Jan. 24, 1944; postmarked Jan. 26. Dear Folks, I am well, happy and safe and I hope you...

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‘Right Now, I Am Listening to Dinah Shore on the Radio’

Dinah Shore in the film "Till the Clouds Roll By" (1946). Photo was on Wikipedia. Dated Feb. 29, 1944; postmarked March 4. Dear Folks, I am well, happy and safe and I hope you all are the same. I...

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A Quick Note about Packages, Letters and His Pipe

Dated Feb. 29, 1944; second of two V-mail letters in an envelope postmarked March 6. Dear Folks, I am well, happy and safe and I hope you all are the same. I just finished writing to Mr. Morgan, so let...

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‘I Never Starve, So I Guess I Get Enough to Eat’

This is actually two letters, dated July 21 and 22, 1944, both inserted into an envelope postmarked Sept. 2, 1944. This is the July 21 letter: Dear Folks, I am well, happy, and safe and I hope you all...

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