"Libonati was admitted to the bar in 1924 and commenced law practice in Chicago. He was the founder and owner of the American Boys' Camp for indigent children at Coloma, Wisconsin, and, infamously, was also lawyer to Al Capone. He served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1930 to 1934 from 1940 to 1942, and the Illinois Senate from 1942 to 1947. He served as delegate to every state Democratic convention from 1942 to 1987" - From Wikipedia article "Roland V. Libonati"
Apparently, Libonati was the owner of the camp and the American Legion people were just running it for him. This partially explains the mystery of the post cards, although it doesn't tell us why Libonati needed to have so many cards sent to him. I suspect it was for some political purpose, but I don't know exactly what.
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