Thanks to Derrick Smith for the photo and the Bio….

Frederick L. Smith Senior was a patrol guard with the Quartermasters Corps. He was in Oran, Algeria at the time of the picture.  He went from there to Italy. He was housed in Mussolini’s former palace (Rome), at one time. Even though he wasn’t Catholic, he had an audience with the sitting pope of the Catholic Church, Pope Pius.He was also in Pisa Italy, and Naples.