Cowell (DD 547) - Naval Cruise Book

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-- A ? Ni 4? 3 'iifb lg 1-- r'5 '. bucking prev.3fl.n'g monsoonsn A steamed into Manila Bqyilon thevjnorning of the 29th June This v as our first portlof cqll f I 'P 3 we a Y r Y I , ' ' 5 and was ti anded in fl57l by the FEE' toni!- ' ' ' V' 1 ld Q. . , on theiway homeg 'V lv ff 5 Manish is located on' the west coc fir of' Luzof querol pez Defi-'gcizpe E115 A o .l of the 'l 1 shows I the Ftiiippines bel- g to Spf , Spar 'tyled chur, ' .fnonastig-glen vents. , Manila was accupio- by the almost three years diving the L iid .World Warp and was a 1'ost completely aestroyed in a battle for the liberation by the United State- i As for sightseeing we took at leastgci short tour of the city. The city is divided into tv. sections, the new city and the old city, cai I t-he Intermuros. I l 'We left Manila behind on the morning of the lst July heading for Sinapore, our second port of call. Q S Kg -5 L .4-3 Z. --1 fi- l 5 ? . ii' - f ,E T X Q sv K'- .1n-0 av- l v-qv fvir- -J A-A-'L 3 y uilis Z i? ',T ,iii fil- ,l-1 -N ., i