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38-116 short wave disabled during WW2
Paul Philco322
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03-19-2015, 08:42 PM
Some Italian prisoners were interned at a facility right in South Boston. Local Italians would bring food, books, magzines cigarettes and throw them in the camp. It gave the autorities a headache. But I have never had an Italian in Boston mention the shortwave thing to me.

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