Two Lauras are mentioned here. One is Arnie's younger sister Laura Nevis, who recently had chicken pox. The other is Arnie's paternal Aunt Laura Mello. Arnie's cousins Wilfred, Stanley and Edwin are his Aunt Laura's children. Ed Mello died the war on February 21, 1945.
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