Don’t I know it! My Dad was assigned to HQ AFSOUTH in Naples in 1968 and it breaks my heart to think of the beautiful Neapolitan gals I saw that I couldn’t get up the gumption to speak to. There were ex-GI’s of Dad’s generation who had married their Italian girlfriends and settled down to live in Naples. They were king of their household & knew the best home cooking there could possibly be & only seldom went back to the U.S. to visit.
Vedi Napoli i puoi muori!
My mother was Tuscan and very beautiful. There was a sort of Rennesance of beautiful Italian imports in the area. Although, IIRC, the best wives were not particularly beautiful but they were real family makers.