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 1944Mount Vesuvius erupting, Naples, Italy, Mar 1944
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 1944Mount Vesuvius erupting, 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
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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