Benito Mussolini, Cesare Maria de Vecchi, and Michele Bianchi, Naples, Italy, 1922Supermarine Spitfire of the US 307th Fighter Squadron rests on the beach at Paestum, Italy near Salerno after being shot down Sep 9, 1943; pilot uninjured. LST-359 unloads men and materiel beyond, Sep 1943. Photo 2 of 2Supermarine Spitfire of the US 307th Fighter Squadron rests on the beach at Paestum, Italy near Salerno after being shot down Sep 9, 1943; pilot uninjured. LST-391 unloads men and materiel beyond, Sep 1943. Photo 1 of 2Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt and Rear Admiral Spencer Lewis aboard USS Ancon off Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943
Benito Mussolini, Cesare Maria de Vecchi, and Michele Bianchi, Naples, Italy, 1922Supermarine Spitfire of the US 307th Fighter Squadron rests on the beach at Paestum, Italy near Salerno after being shot down Sep 9, 1943; pilot uninjured. LST-359 unloads men and materiel beyond, Sep 1943. Photo 2 of 2Supermarine Spitfire of the US 307th Fighter Squadron rests on the beach at Paestum, Italy near Salerno after being shot down Sep 9, 1943; pilot uninjured. LST-391 unloads men and materiel beyond, Sep 1943. Photo 1 of 2Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt and Rear Admiral Spencer Lewis aboard USS Ancon off Salerno, Italy, Sep 1943
USS Ancon (background), HM LST-404, and other ships off Salerno, Italy, 12 Sep 1943USS Ancon off Salerno, Italy, 12 Sep 1943Private Paul Oglesby of US 30th Infantry Regiment standing before an altar in a damaged Catholic Church at Acerno, Italy, 23 Sep 1943Scuttled minesweeper, Naples, Italy, Oct 1943
USS Ancon (background), HM LST-404, and other ships off Salerno, Italy, 12 Sep 1943USS Ancon off Salerno, Italy, 12 Sep 1943Private Paul Oglesby of US 30th Infantry Regiment standing before an altar in a damaged Catholic Church at Acerno, Italy, 23 Sep 1943Scuttled minesweeper, Naples, Italy, Oct 1943
General Dwight Eisenhower and Lieutenant General Mark Clark studying maps of the Mignano Gap, north of Naples, Italy, 22 Oct 1943Gloire, Naples, Italy, 1944; her sailors were saluting King George VI as the vessel he was aboard passed byDarkened sky near Mount Vesuvius, Naples, Italy, Mar 1944Mount Vesuvius erupting, Naples, Italy, Mar 1944
General Dwight Eisenhower and Lieutenant General Mark Clark studying maps of the Mignano Gap, north of Naples, Italy, 22 Oct 1943Gloire, Naples, Italy, 1944; her sailors were saluting King George VI as the vessel he was aboard passed byDarkened sky near Mount Vesuvius, Naples, Italy, Mar 1944Mount Vesuvius erupting, Naples, Italy, Mar 1944
AEC Armoured Command Vehicle, headquarters of UK 23rd Brigade, Francolise, Campania, Italy, 14 Mar 1944, photo 1 of 2AEC Armoured Command Vehicle, headquarters of UK 23rd Brigade, Francolise, Campania, Italy, 14 Mar 1944, photo 2 of 2Crew member examining a layer of ashes on a B-25 of the 340th Bomb Group at Pompeii Field, Italy. Ash came from an eruption of Mt Vesuvius on 23 Mar 1944 that rained hot ash and brimstone on the area damaging several aircraft. Photo 2 of 2.Crew member sweeping ashes off a B-25 of the 340th Bomb Group at Pompeii Field, Italy. Ash came from an eruption of Mt Vesuvius on 23 Mar 1944 that rained hot ash and brimstone on the area damaging several aircraft. Photo 1 of 2.
AEC Armoured Command Vehicle, headquarters of UK 23rd Brigade, Francolise, Campania, Italy, 14 Mar 1944, photo 1 of 2AEC Armoured Command Vehicle, headquarters of UK 23rd Brigade, Francolise, Campania, Italy, 14 Mar 1944, photo 2 of 2Crew member examining a layer of ashes on a B-25 of the 340th Bomb Group at Pompeii Field, Italy. Ash came from an eruption of Mt Vesuvius on 23 Mar 1944 that rained hot ash and brimstone on the area damaging several aircraft. Photo 2 of 2.Crew member sweeping ashes off a B-25 of the 340th Bomb Group at Pompeii Field, Italy. Ash came from an eruption of Mt Vesuvius on 23 Mar 1944 that rained hot ash and brimstone on the area damaging several aircraft. Photo 1 of 2.
Rear Admiral Gerard Mansfield (left), Admiral John Cunningham (center), and King George VI of the United Kingdom (right) inspecting HMS Orion, Naples, Italy, 10 Jul 1944Squadron Officer M. S. Philip speaking to WAAF director Air Chief Commandant Mary Welsh with RAF Mediterranean and Middle East chief Air Marshal Guy Garrod at Garrod
Rear Admiral Gerard Mansfield (left), Admiral John Cunningham (center), and King George VI of the United Kingdom (right) inspecting HMS Orion, Naples, Italy, 10 Jul 1944Squadron Officer M. S. Philip speaking to WAAF director Air Chief Commandant Mary Welsh with RAF Mediterranean and Middle East chief Air Marshal Guy Garrod at Garrod's office, Caserta, Italy, 1945; note Welsh's personal assistant Flight Officer M. Tempest-Holmes at left


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