National Postal Museum
Italian postmark handstamp
September 27, 1943
US Army postal clerks arrived shortly after Allied forces took Naples, Italy, on October 1, 1943. Assigned to the city’s modern post office, they quickly assessed the facility as inadequate for the needs of the 2nd BPO (Base Post Office). On October 7th, the BPO clerks were in the process of moving out when a time bomb exploded in the post office killing and wounding members of the unit, Allies, and Italians.
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