Photo from Page 10 of the Album of Major Robert Nelson (Bud) George, 1939 - 1953. 2015.057.027.10a This photo was taken while Captain George and another unknown Seaforth Officer were on leave. This officer is believed to be Lt A.H. McMullen. On the rear is written: "McMullen and I / Mar 1944 / Pompei". The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.