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Travel Diary of a World War II Leave in France and Italy
The letter recounts a long leave from an American serviceman visiting Nice Monte Carlo Cannes Grasse and Menton with side trips into Monaco and Italy. He details train routes costly hotels and dances with Red Cross nurses and officers. He notes scenic mountain roads Roman ruins perfume factories and a wish to return to Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veynes
St. Auban
Digne
Red Cross
Nice
Monte-Carlo
Monaco
Princess Palace
Index
Adam
Menton
Augusta
Nive
Maxium’s
Grasse
Cannes
Wolfe’s Gorge
Mountain
Moneco
Marseille
Arles
Nimes
Montpellier
Cette
Carcassonne
Toulouse
Pau
Bordeaux
Paris
Clermont
Nancy
Drouaumont
Rome
Italy
March