Summary

Lewis returns to Naples and work waits for him. His section has been sick; they press on, but their health gradually declines. On the 8th of October, a group of local boys assaults some girls who were accompanied by American soldiers. The American soldiers were beaten up, which was embarrassing. The section has to go out with machine guns to protect the Americans, but there was no trouble. The situation in Naples was falling apart, though. The 10th brought rain, and Lewis describes how the Neapolitans react to it. Lewis describes a falling out with Ingeniere Crespi over some information being leaked. They still go out together to a lake to go duck-hunting, but they were unlikely to find anything. Ingeniere's son Andrea goes with them. They caught a few birds, larks, black-caps, warblers, etc. They killed eighteen birds.

On the 16th, Lewis is...