Joseph Kennedy (DD 850) - Naval Cruise Book

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Spain, at last! Spain was a carnival, a land that lived up to its promise. . . On 13 June we had embarked six Naval Academy UC midshipmen, then operated with them for eleven more days. Included had been the sinking of an obsolescent carrier by gunfire during Operation DEEP SIX. Now, after 14 days at sea, our cruise was complete. Valencia would be a holiday The bullfights were the big attraction on the weekend. For many of us, this was a first, and while we all thought the spectacle a bit bloody and onesided, nobody was quite willing to step into the ring himself. . . Sand, golden sand under a hot summer sun, was our next thought. The area boasted several fine beaches, where sun, sand Sc water were adequately complemented by bikini-clad lovelies to form an ideal day of leisure. When one added to this the shopping, sight seeing and night life available in Spain's third largest city, Valencia was a fitting climax to our stay in the Med. On 29 June we undertook the overnight journey from Valencia to Gibraltar. There, on 30 June, we were relieved by the USS NOA. Our deployment with the Sixth Fleet ended where it had begun many months before. That same evening we headed back across the Atlantic Ocean as a unit of the Second Fleet. Bravo, Matador! Thanks, I'd love to

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