KING'S VISIT TO ITALY
LONDON, July 26.
The King visited the port of Naples, and after lunching with General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson flew to General Alexander's camp. Avhere he spent the night, says Reuter's Naples correspondent. The King flew over recent battlefields m a transport plane named Freedom. General Alexander received him at the airfield, where they talked animatedly.
The King slept in the caravan normally used by General Alexander, and ate ordinary Army food. He began the day with a motor-launch tour of Naples harbour. He boarded the American flagship and later met senior officers on a British warship. Aftenvards, ashore, he inspected British, American. French, Polish, and Greek naval and merchant servicemen. .--.-■- ,~ : ~ ■„_.., '.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 23, 27 July 1944, Page 5
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