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| Scuttled minesweeper, Naples, Italy, Oct 1943 | Gloire, Naples, Italy, 1944; her sailors were saluting King George VI as the vessel he was aboard passed by |
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| Darkened sky near Mount Vesuvius, Naples, Italy, Mar 1944 | Mount Vesuvius erupting, Naples, Italy, Mar 1944 |
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| Stars and Stripes correspondent and cartoonist Bill Mauldin at the wheel of his assigned Jeep accompanied by fellow illustrator Gregor Duncan, Naples, Italy, Mar 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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