Photo from Page 11 of the Album of Major Robert Nelson (Bud) George, 1939 - 1953. 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. Same photos as 2015.057.027.10a. 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.