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Soldiers would have been trucked back and forth from the front lines to Naples. In Naples, the Army had a guarded compound set up for soldiers on pass. This also allowed the Army to make sure they were legally in Naples and not AWOL. The compound had all of the comforts of home, or at least how the Army envisioned home, but a soldier could get a clean cot, a shave, a shower, and have laundry done and uniforms replaced there. A Post Exchange (PX or Army store) was available as well as a USO tent where soldiers could play cards, board games, or read books. Soldiers on pass were allowed to mingle with the locals, which generally consisted of rot gut liquor and prostitutes. That was of course, if a front line soldier could reach the compound without getting arrested by the MP's first. The general commanding Naples was notorious for having soldiers arrested for the slightest of infractions and thrown in the stockade for the duration of their passes. Of course in jail they could also get a clean cot, a shave, a shower, and have laundry done and uniforms replaced. That ended, and the general in Naples was replaced, when the commander of an infantry division threatened to send his entire 25,000 man unit to Naples for a three day pass. Bill Mauldin, the WWII cartoonist known for his characters of Willy and Joe, served in Italy during the war and wrote about his accounts in his books "The Brass Ring" and "Up Front."

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1. Naples is an hour and a half ride from Venefro. How did the Rangers get there?

> Let's take the German Sixth Army; their foot infantry battled on foot across the whole European continent to reach Stalingrad for example, then during the retreat battled all the way back to Germany again - on foot. This method of transportation [eg none] was what Infantry of any Nation either did or were prepared to do - as that is exactly their role.

That said the Americans and Canadian Army were among the best outfitted Allied armies as far as vehicles go - undoubtedly the Rangers got there in deuce and a halfs [6x6 trucks]; standard utility truck of the US military.

2. Where did they stay?

> Be it in England France Italy; where-ever... deployed troops were normally billeted in the homes of the inhabitants; the homes requisitioned from said residents by the military.

Did they roam freely with the locals?

> of course; the locals live there.

3. Where did they shower, shave, sleep, eat, get clean clothing?

> from rear echelon... mobile shower trucks; they ate from the canteen or mess tent or in restaurants in any where left standing... shaving, all you need is a creek or a well to do that... clean clothing again from supply

4. How about money? Were they given vouchers or were they on their own?

> soldiers get paid... the light humoured poke at the Americans were the were "over paid, over sexed, and over here"

5. Were they allowed to stay at a local hotel?

> as stated yes the military requisitioned accommodations; be it a field, barn, home, residence, whatever. Many tank crews lived in their tanks and either slept in them, on them, or under them when deployed... you stay and sleep where you are - sometimes sleeping outside on purpose knowing the enemy would drop artillery on buildings with the mindset that's where the enemy would gather.

This 'sort of' illustrates what I'm explaining...

- soldiers billited in someone else's home, mostly sheltering in the cellar

- a mobile shower [a tent and pipes]

- deuce and a half's transporting troops

Stuff like that:

https://youtu.be/3sE8qlhuD3s

These answers are really hard.

In wartimes, all rules and regulations are chucked out the window

and when the war is over, some people follow them

while a lot of people break most of the rules

and then the government denies any wrongdoings

no 5 is forbidden.