In my dad’s box of WWII stuff, I found a little greenish ticket. “Tour C.I.T. Agency, Special Tours, Organized for the A.E.F. POMPEII, All fees included-Do not pay more.”
It was No. 5853, torn from a book, probably at the rest leave office, and issued to curious soldiers. Knowing that dad had been a Latin major [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Time Traveling in Pompeii
Posted in Adventures in Research on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Searching for Ghosts on Capri
Posted in Adventures in Research on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s be real, we’re not talking Ghost Busters or the Twilight Zone, we were simply looking for the places where the people in my photographs had once been. Since 60 years is “nothing” in Italia time, the places remained, but (obviously) the people were long since gone. Or were they? For some of the long [...]
