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Staging area was in volcanic crater which was the Kings private hunting preserve.
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At the dock where the USS Sea Owl - Victory Ship is waiting for us.
Everybody is getting ready - 57th FG Personnel ready to board the Sea Owl, Naples Harbor, Italy. August 1945.
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57th FG Personnel about to board the Sea Owl, Naples.
Notice slight bomb damage, and fascist symbols on building.
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2073 men of the 57th FG Personnel going up the gangways to the Sea Owl.