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Oran

Oran is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is 432 km (268 mi) west-southwest from Algiers.

In the book

The Algerian port from which the section shipped to Italy; Captain Cartwright, hurt in a crash before embarkation, is left behind in hospital there as the book opens.

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September 9 1943
Landing at Paestum amid dead soldiers and eerie calm; the section is left rudderless, with no briefing, next to the ancient temples.
- War & violence

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