Benner (DD 807) - Naval Cruise Book

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Portug I As colorful as PorTugal's parT is The Tishing TleeT as iT hoisTs iTs many-hued sails in The morn- ing sun and rides The river currenT ouT To sea. IT is noT uncommon To see women washing Their laun- dry along-iThe river bank in The Time-honored meThod oT Their ancesTors. The adverTising meThods oT The Tood sTores consisTed mainly of displaying samples oT Their wares in The open, leHing The passer-by draw his own conclusions Trom The mixed varieTy oT aro- mas Tilling The air. The people seemed deTermined To give us an Americanized LiberTy: wiTness The Texas Bar. Club Miami, and cold beer. All in all, Lisbon was a Tine liberTy Tor us, buT To The crew of The MUL4 LANY iT was Tiner, Tor here we relieved Them oT Their duTies wiTh The SixTh FleeT in The Med. I 4 l

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AugusTa Bay, in The shadow oT mighTy MT. ETna. where we underwenT a period oT replenishmenT oT sTores, recreaTion, and The onloading of a cargo oT guiTars, banios, and mandolins. LiberTy parTies were small here due To The size oT The Town. FleeT landing was crowded wiTh poliTely persisT- enT salesmen, who grabbed The unwary sailor by his nelcerchieT, placed one TooT upon his chesT, and exclaimed in a cloud oT garlic, You spealc. Joe! Messina is a small, quieT resorT Town aT The norThwesT Tip oT Sicily, on The sTraiTs oT The same name, and is one oT The main lTalian Naval Bases. l-lere mosT oT The crew spenT iTs liberTies aboard The ship, being preTTy badly benT Trom our recenT visiT To Naples. l-lowever, iT was an acTive Time Tor The soTTball, baslceTball and Tennis Teams, which racked up some preTTy Tine scores againsT The local opposiTion, ici Bell Tower aT Messina The Madonna of The Harbor ai Messina