In spite of the long trip, when our unit approached thr apartment house in which we were to use as our home, I was overjoyed. The setting reminded me of San Francisco. Luxury apartments with a gorgeous view atop of the slopes, overlooking the Frisco waterfront This is what was presented to us, a lovely apartment overlooking the Bay of Naples abd in the exclusive area named Vomero. The fact that this area was subject to enemy air raids did not trouble us………………….We moved in, 2 GIs to an apartment. I was with a friend, Johnson, a Brooklyn resident. We settled in, took showers and crawled into bed, with instructions to be ready for roll call in the early morning, to be held outside the building facing the front entrance. There was no large assembly room available. ….. .. It seemed strange assembling on a public street for roll-call. But there we were lined up, 24 of us in front of the house. The Sgt. in charge stood elevated on the front step and called out our names and we responded with ” Here. Here,” We were amused at the spectacle, while the neighbors who were on their way to work would pause and watch this Army perfrormance. We were all amused and interested. We watching the Italians and they watching our procedure…………………….After roll-call and the breakfast that followed, we were told the we were free for the balance of the day, due to the fact that our equipment had not arrived and we had nothing scheduled.
