Naples ’44

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Port Said

Port Said is a port city that lies in northeast Egypt extending about 30 km (19 mi) along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, straddling the west bank of the northern mouth of the Suez Canal. The city is the capital of the Port Said Governorate and forms the majority of the governorate, comprising seven of the governorate’s eight administrative regions. In 2024, it had a population of 790,000 people.

In the book

The Egyptian port where Lewis is to embark three thousand Russian ex-POWs for repatriation — the assignment that ends his time in Naples.

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Appears in 1 diary entry.

  1. October 24 1944
    Lewis is abruptly ordered to a new mission repatriating Russian ex-POWs, sensing this marks the end of his time in Naples.

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