Benner (DD 807) - Naval Cruise Book

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fememler - ' - Rememhr .ThaT lasT minuTe rush Tor swaps .ThaT lasT Trip To The Blue Moon .The rough seas .Time changes llosT, sleepl GREENOCK, SCOTLAND .The 'Limey Money .The Limey Beer The Tood shorTage The gawking sighTseers iGlasgow Town BARRY, WALES .The Triendly people .The fvisiTors .The Tour To London usBoN, iPoRTueAL The crowds aT The pier lwonder who was sTar- ing?l .all The Trolleys and inexpensive Taxis .all The impressive monumenTs and ciTy squares .The uniforms oT al The soldiers lGoT a cig- areTTe, Joe?l .The Texas Bar L ThaT Sunday aT The Bull FighTs lWonder iT They ever rounded up all The cushions?l AUGUSTA BAY,. SICILY The lack oT liberTy The Vino lPrices Tripled.l .you 'speak Joe, how much? .everybody wiTh an angle .The TisTTul oT Lira Tor a dollar lWasn'T worTh much Though.l LA SPEZIA, ITALY .lv1ussolini's FleeT lOn The boTToml .The ruins oT AncienT Greece ............The Dracmae lCan you counT ThaT high?l ............John Bull's .The rough waTer .FleeT Landing NAPLES, ITALY .more-peddlers and children ..,.........Rome Tour ' ............The sighT oT Vesuvius .The crowded shopping disTricT ............The cold long waiT aT TleeT landing lSo near yeT so Tarl .The Snake PiT .The cameo TacTory' ' MESSINA, ITALY .lack oT money beTore payday .lTalian Sailors l l wanT my camera l . CANNES, FRANCE ............Those Parisian Clubs and Bars lI5OO Trancs didn'T lasT long did iT?l . .The Orphans Cl'JrisTmas ParTy lDid you lose a haT?l ' .The Paris and Swiss Tours lOh! La Lall - ....,....... shopping Tor perTume and Those French Books lNoT TexT booksl The women lExpensive weren'T They?l MARSIELLE, FRANCE ..The weaTher lJusT like NewporTl ..New Years lDull compared To homel ..The Taxis ............The Domino Club VALENCIA, SPAIN .The mounTains ............ The weaTher lNice changel Borselino I-laTs ............ laTe hours ' ' Halian Sailors IGOT a ciqareTTe Joe?l ............ The nighT clubs liixpensive S551 ISTANBUL- TURKEY QQQQf.i'.ff+he The Tood and oranges crowds oT sighTseers 'Asla mesh Europe ............ The women lNice, wasn'T iT?l .The money 'exchange lWe goT 4'lf2 To I, how did you do?l GIBRALTER, B. C. C. I Meerscllaum Pipes ............ The rock The Mosques IBOW +0 Mecsal ............ The Suizo Bar ' -The Taxis TAI' Ameflcanl ............ The rock apes -The Cops lTl'e Quns are loadedl ...,........ The woolens and Rolls Razors -The Traffic iams ............ The WATTS PHALERON BAY, GREECE .....,......l-lomeward Bound. fememhr 'T ' ' fememhf

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II f ,f ,W M W if 'ff Course - Two-seven-zero: speed - TiTTeen. ln company wiTh The cruisers Columbus and Quin- cy and seven oTher desTroyers we sTeamed down The TracT made by Columbus on his voyage oT discovery. Two days ouT oT GibralTar, iT was rough: The nexT day was rougher. Running ouT of one sTorm inTo anoTher, There was noThing To do buT sTeer sTraighT ahead. We didn'T mind a biT, Though, We'd heard ThaT The naTives in our nexT porT were Triendly, and we were anxious To see Tor ourselves. No amounT oT pounding, rolling or piTching could discourage us, Tor iT was rumored To be a Two-secTion liberTy'porT. The word' was ThaT The raTe of exchange was low lTwenTy nickles To The dollarl buT The peope-spoke Tair English. Probably a good porT. Shining shoes became a popular pasTime as The days wenT by, and The mess hall was Tull oT blues-pressers beTween meals. The lucky ones who had leave upon arrival packed Their bags while sTill several hundred miles ouT. AT lasT The day came. A howling norTh wind welcomed us home, buT a Tew seagulls circling The ship were The inly indicaTion OT land beyond The Thick misT. The hours wore on: in column Torma- Tion now, we approached The coasT. LiberTy hounds in dress blues wandered aimlessly abouT, glassy- eyed. Then like a curTain The misT liTTed and we were enering NarraganseTT Bay. We shivered in peacoaTs and waTchcaps aT quarTers, lmpaTienTlyf we waiTed our Turn To Tie up, and as The TirsT line wenT over, The liberTy secTion crouched aT iTs mark. The cusToms oTTicer cleared us in shorT order, and in a body The chieTs were ashore and disappearing in The disTance. Wives and Tamilies waiTed on The dock. From odd corners and crev- ices ThroughouT The ship 400-day clocks were dragged. Sailors sTaggered up The dock, unnler The weighT oT souvenirs collecTed Trom nine coun- Tries. V IT has been a good cruise, and one which will provide many memories in The years To come. We have mixed wiTh people oT many naTions, belieTs, andlpurposes, gaining a lasTing impression oT The European way oT liTe, be iT good or bad: and we have leTT impressions oT ourselves wiTh each con- TacT made. WheTher we have helped TulTill The purpose oT The goodwill policy remains To be seen. Perhaps our visiTs may help To decide some Tu- Ture issuerperhaps They will be TorgoTTen, in Time. by The people whom we visiTed. CerTainly, To us. The crew of The Benner, iT was a cruise To be remembered,

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SHIP'S THUSTEH-U.5.S. BENNEH DDB-BII7 UFFIIIEHS CAMPBELL, Donald H. .................................... LTJG .................. Caryville, New York CHANDLER, Roberl' C., Jr. .............................. Ens. ................ ..................... 5 .......... A -ugusla, Maine CHRIISFIELD, Norman E. ...............................,. LTJG ....,.......... .........,...... G ilberlsvulle, New York HAASE, George F. ......................... ............... E ns. .........,.......,..........,.,...... Toledo, Ohio LOCKETT, Lawrence S. ............. ............ C DR .............,. .,.......,...................,............ u ..DaIIas, Texas LOOMIS, Roberf J. ............. ..,.......... L T ................ ............. T raverse Cily, Michigan MATHEWS. Herberl' J. ............. .........,.. E NS. .......... ............. D rexel I-Iill, Pennsylvania MURPHY, Wilford K. ................,. ................ L TJG ,........................... Cincinnali, Ohio POPOWICH, William ..................... ...........,. L TJG ................ ............ B inghamplon, New York TREMAIINE, Mark G. .....................................,............. LT ............,,..........................,......... Wellsville, New York VON WENING, Eugene, Jr. ..,..,......... I ........... LTJG ............................................. Scarsdale, New York ACHENBAC-H, Vincenl' C., ........................... RMSN ......,...........................,......... Frackville, Pennsylvania ALEXANDER, Frank T., Jr. ........ .............. M M3, .,............. .............. N ew London, Conneclicul ALPHONSE, John P. ................. .............. S N ,....,,......... ................ P orlsmoulh, Rhode Island ARNOLD, William, Jr. ........ , ....... SN ....... ......... .............. N e w York Cily. New York ASKER, Roberl' E. ............ .......... B M3. .............. ............... B rocklon, Massachuselis AULL, Arfhur H. .........., ......... G Ml .........,...... ............... L exinglon, Soulh Carolina BAILEY, Roberl' J. ............ . ....................Boslon, Massach usells BAKER, , Roberl' W. ......... ................. M Ml ................ ........................... O allalin, Tennessee BALES, Charles E. ................. ................. G M3. .............. .................................... P owell, Tennessee BARKER, George A. .......... ............... B T3 ......,.,....,. .............. N ew York Ci+y. New York BATES, Lowell H, ............................ ............... S N ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, N of-wood, Pennsylvania RObeI'l' FI'dhClS .......... .,..............,... S N ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,, E vereH', Maggaghugelrls BENSON. Wlndifed R- ----.----'-- ----'--'----- Q MC. .............. ............. P aragould, Arkansas ....................... .............. T A ,.,....-.'..,.., --.--......'...,.., B roglqlynl New Ybrk BOR-NT. Gel'-ild C- ----.-----. -----.-------- S N ................ ................. A mslerdam, New York BOWERS. JOIN H-. JF- -----. ----.---'------- S N ............... ............... N ew I-Iaven, Conneciicul BOWLDS' J05ePl1 S- ---'------, -----------..---- S N, ......,.,..... .,...,.............. O wensboro, Kenlucky BOWMAN. James R- -..-------..-- ----..-.--- S A ,............... ........,......... W heeling, Wesl Virginia BREED!-OVE. JOHN R- .-.-.--. --.--.----- 5 A ................ ............ J ameslown, Norlh Carolina BRIERLEY- HaffY T- ----------- - -.--------------- SA ............... ..................... T ailville, Conneclicul BRISA-CONE, John J. ......... ............. - .... S N ,,,,,,,, ,,'..,,,,,,,,.,..., B rooklyn' New York BROWN. Ernesf L. -.-.----..-------- f ---- -..--..---..-- S A ,............... ........,......,.... B oslon, Massachusells BUCKMAN. Herman R- -------- ......-...---..-...... S N ..............,. .............................,......... L ima. New York BUI-I-IS. GGOYQG H- -------.-------- -----.....-..-. G MC ............... ................ P hiladelphia, Pennsylvania BU-RNS. ROBGH' E- --.--............. .....-.--- S O3 ................ ............. P awiuckel, Rhode Island BUSSETT. R'3Ym0Qd E- ---.----------- -..---------- E T3 ............... ..................... M illdale, Conneclicul Fl'edel'lCk ........ Q ................ ............... C ..,,.,.,..,.-,. .-...--........-..., B ridgepor-I-' Connecficuf g,':EXKAAA-I-ADER. FFBHCIS R- --...--- -...--------....- 5 N ................. ............ M echanicsburg, Pennsylvania CAPPS JRO. IEFGNIK M- ----------- y-.- . H -.--..--..- FN ................ ........................, M eriden, Conneclicul CARL .F GSSGW . ................ ............. B M2. ............... ............. S pringlake, Norlh Carolina CARI-golf' C ------'--------- ------.-..--- 5 H3. .............. ................ C alawissa. Pennsylvania CARR J'h' 5' - ------------ -----.-.--- 5 N ..... .......... .............. M o onachie, New Jersey I ' 0 n -'--'------'-'--------------- -.------- ............... .......................... B r o nx, New York CARSON, James E. .............. ......... ,.,............. . N ewarlc Ohio CARUSO, James M. ...,.......... . CASSIDY, David J. ...,.............. CAVANAUGH, Philip F. .... . CHANDLER. Mark A. ............. . CHAPMAN, Donald W. ,,,.. . . .... ........... -............... .............Evere'r+, Massachuselrs .............Corry'ron, Tennessee ..,.....................Porlland. Maine ..............Bos+on, Massachusells .,...........,......Norlhlaoro. Ida ho CHASE, Roberf J. ............................ ,,,,,,, , cl-ncoRELLI. Eugene J.. Jr. ....,. ......... ,.,........,.... ...... ' f . itll igilf Ccglillsg-CTOVIZEIIER. galvm E. .......... ...,.......... ................ ............., S lc y land, Norlh Carolina . er . ...................... ............ B ,............... ...................,............,... G a Ilipolis, Ohio COCHRAN, Willard O. ., SA FA SN FN FN .. ......... SA SN SN SN SA Ml -- ........ SN . ............... ................ B a++le Creek, Michigan