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Names in the Neighborhood: LaVilla

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Wedgwood in Seattle History

In March 1945 during the final battles of World War Two in Europe, a homesick soldier wrote a letter to the Seattle Daily Times newspaper.  Lieutenant Ralph A. Penington, age 34, was with the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division in Italy.  … Continue reading →

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