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

Welcome!

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

 Wartime toys were extremely popular during World War II. Here, Patsy Ann McHugh, as a nurse, bandages the hand of “wounded aviator” Bobby O’Connor with her nursing kit in New York. 
