John Rodgers (DD 983) - Naval Cruise Book

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ff 4 JOHN RODGERS vlslt to Halfa brought mxxed feelings to most everyone Some were apprehensive about vlsltmg a country so open to terrorism, some were eager to get ashore and vlslt a place that most of us had never been to, and some were awed by the great relnglous slgmfn cance of Israel, whrch ns slightly larger than the state of New Jersey The Holy Land has perhaps the most hxstorncal sngmfrcance of any area so small Destroyed three times and occupied by many natnons, the great clty of Jerusalem has endured for nearly 4000 years SEA EA GLE sanlors vnsxted the old cxty, partlcularly the Western wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and walked on excavated ground that revealed what the c1ty looked hke durmg Jesus tnme Vnslts were also Mount of Ollves and the Church and gar den of Gethsemane Other IR sallors took horseback rndmg trxps mto the hxlls of Mt Carmel, scuba dlvnng trlps to the Red Sea, floating trlps to the Dead Sea, day trnps to the Sea of Gahlee and hlked up to the fortress at Masada Whoa', what a great place' fWhat, you t yed ln Haifa and drank Gold Star beer-71 SZSHQAP 15 fy if . - ' - mmwz-WV .-M sw Q ffZ.Qw,QZ.-XM,-'ff f Q2 42 .3757 wc we 4a QW s.Wsg,QqsZjg wv0SZ,..xm-50' WMA--f,.w-s rw 5v,..w,s as V o o o e 0 We-as-gy: f ' gpg . l U . . - . . . . . . . , sw-ww-We if I , fs-QSWS 4? 0 ' ' ' ' ' .5 W5W4!9 N I 55152 aw ,ws ,s 4, I ,ess ma e to t e surroun mg countrysl e t e .ywwiwf-qs-mm n o o o Y. rfb 4 Q Q Q Awww A.: . , . . . . . yy f55f4 X. N054 O O fsysq laws .NAVY Z1 www 49, .Qs f ., X-V vwff ff sffft Aszs may f f Xwf fma J 4 4 Q, f ffffg' K V X X 9 . 1 V K f x'K so 7 We' 45 ,GV 90:5 X- fa GV, Q 2 f ,G W FZ 57.9 37, M f Q QV at 4, 4 y 42 Q 2 Z fl 4 f

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