Northampton-class cruiser USS Chester in Naples harbor, Italy during her shakedown cruise, 1930.Scuttled minesweeper, Naples, Italy, 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 1944
Northampton-class cruiser USS Chester in Naples harbor, Italy during her shakedown cruise, 1930.Scuttled minesweeper, Naples, Italy, 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 1944
Mount Vesuvius erupting, Naples, Italy, Mar 1944Mt. Vesuvius spewing ash into the sky, erupting as a U.S. Army jeep speeds by shortly after the arrival of the Allied forces in Naples, Italy, late March 1944.Stars and Stripes correspondent and cartoonist Bill Mauldin at the wheel of his assigned Jeep accompanied by fellow illustrator Gregor Duncan, Naples, Italy, Mar 1944German prisoners-of-war captured at Anzio are offloaded from LST-351 at Naples, Italy in early 1944.
Mount Vesuvius erupting, Naples, Italy, Mar 1944Mt. Vesuvius spewing ash into the sky, erupting as a U.S. Army jeep speeds by shortly after the arrival of the Allied forces in Naples, Italy, late March 1944.Stars and Stripes correspondent and cartoonist Bill Mauldin at the wheel of his assigned Jeep accompanied by fellow illustrator Gregor Duncan, Naples, Italy, Mar 1944German prisoners-of-war captured at Anzio are offloaded from LST-351 at Naples, Italy in early 1944.
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 1944
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 1944


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