Two Italian children and an American military of USAAF’s 57th Fighter Group in front to little railroad station of San Giovanni Rotondo, near Foggia, in Puglia, Italy, Spring 1944. At the time the 57th Fighter Group was based at Amendola. Victor Sierra

Italian children

Summer 1943: two Italian civilians in a street of Syracuse just after the entry of Allies in this very old town of Sicily. The younger with his bicycle looking carefully at the lens of the photographer (an USAAF’s 57th Fighter Group serviceman), the aged seem totally uninterested at the events. Below the signpost Siracusa Centro e Porto (Syracuse City Center and Harbor) a poster with a Churchill’s portrait (obviously!) above a British Forces post road insignia (Fort Base). The large black I in a circle indicate the presence of a fire hydrant (Idrante in Italian), a sign typical of Italian towns during war time. Victor Sierra

Churchill in Syracuse

Autumn 1943. The Neapolitans have changed boss. A large banner in front of a typical Naples “vicolo” welcomed the English an American soldiers. For Naples opening the page of history immortalized by famous writer Curzio Malaparte. Victor Sierra