Naples ’44

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Oran

Oran
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Background

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.

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In Naples ’44

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.

Appears in 1 diary entry.

  1. 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.

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