Benner (DD 807) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1953

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Back Through The Dardanelles and across The Aegean Sea we Threaded our way, and-dropped The hook in Phaleron Bay, wiThin shooTing range oT AThens. We could see The Acropolis, sTanding Tirm Through The ages wiTh iTs columned Temples. Trom The ship. lnTo This same bay a Thousand years beTore, sailed The mighTy Persian invasion TleeT -and was desTroyed by The Tiny Torce oT Greek deTenders. On The greaT plan oT ATTica, which sTreTches away on Three sides oT The ciTy. innum- erable baTTles were ToughT in The name oT AThens. Here ST. Paul preached To The AThenians. A long parade oT imporTanT hisTorical evenTs, which we all sTudied in grade school Took place in and around AThens, wiTnessed by The silenT marble buildings oT The Acropolis, which sTands as a crown over The ciTy. AThens, once cenTer oT The civilizedyworld and birThplace oT modern learn- ing, now is medium sized, Tairly modern ciTy builT around The evidences oT iTs Tormer grandure. To- day., iT is The capiTal oT Greece and home oT The King and Queen, TourisTs come Trom all over The globe To view The remains oT iTs glory and iT also is one oT Greece's main sea porTs. BriTish and American inTluence is quiTe evi- denT in AThens, as aTTesTed by The John Bull Bar. The eTTorTs oT This esTablishmenT To TurTher Anglo-Greco relaTions are Tamous ThroughouT The SixTh FleeT. This was The porT where The airdales all wore life iackeTs in Their liberTy launches. The Tin can sailors iusT wore raincoaTs! We won'T say iT was rough, buT several oT The crew were seen To come back in a somewhaT damp condiTion. lT was worTh The Trip, Though. '

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