Crew 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 Mount Vesuvius on 23 Mar 1944 that rained hot ash and brimstone on the area damaging several aircraftCrew member sweeping ashes off a B-25 of the 340th Bomb Group at Pompeii Field, Italy. Ash came from an eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 23 Mar 1944 that rained hot ash and brimstone on the area damaging several aircraft
Crew 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 Mount Vesuvius on 23 Mar 1944 that rained hot ash and brimstone on the area damaging several aircraftCrew member sweeping ashes off a B-25 of the 340th Bomb Group at Pompeii Field, Italy. Ash came from an eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 23 Mar 1944 that rained hot ash and brimstone on the area damaging several aircraft


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"I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil."

General Douglas MacArthur at Leyte, 17 Oct 1944


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