American soldier sitting amongst ruins of buildings destroyed by the US Air Force in Naples, Italy in 1943
Gift of Melissa Bourne, from the Collection of the National WWII Museum
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American soldier sitting amongst ruins of buildings destroyed by the US Air Force. While most buildings were destroyed by the US Air Force we were able to find billeting at the University of Naples about of a mile from the dock area. Every night we were bombed by the Germans from the airport in Rome, many near misses but no direct hits on our ammo.' Naples, Italy. 1943
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From the service of Sidney D. Butterfield Jr, 188th Port Company, 488th Port Battalion.
Geography:
Napoli
Latitude:
40.833
Longitude:
14.250
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Italy
Aerial bombings--Italy
Ruins--Italy