Leyte (CV 32) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1950

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I , :i .4 m mru ilW« How to get around in Nice Transportation de la hayburner kA . The Cannes Boat Basin So off we trooped, up and down, over, under and around. We liit em all and had a ball. The girls were fine, they didn ' t mind, if John Q. Whitehat made some time. V SES VINS TINS % SES GLACES SES SDECIALITES CULIHAIPES Heading for the Beach at Cannes Hey, Doc, what ails ya? Looking over the scenery and . the scenery looks right back! fcwtf

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GOLFE JUAN-CANNES-NICE IN LINE with our policy of keeping the fairer sex happy and content, we dropped the hook in Golfe Juan on a sunny thirtieth of September. We lay about a mile from town, with the small island of Sainte Marguerite half that distance westward. On this isle was imprisoned the Man in the Iron Mask, one of history ' s favorite fall guys. To the north- westward of it lies the uncanny city of Cannes, to whose bay we shifted on October fifth after a day ' s operations at sea. To the east, some twenty miles distant, lay Nice, very nice, and Monte Carlo, built in the ashes of men ' s folly. With summer ready to shove south for the winter, the eyeballers were forced to go ashore for their thrills-which, we need not mention, they got. Fleet landing, Golfe Juan. Can anyone forget it? Sand, sex, sea, sailboat and ' stroyer So ya wanna get friendly, huh? O.K., but wait- -till we get a beer



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GRASSE STINKS-BUT PRETTY WE JUST followed our noses and sniff! ' .-there we were. It lies in the beautiful French Alps, north of Cannes. The guys able to make the trip not only picked up first-hand dope on the manu- facture of perfume, but, even more luckily, didn ' t have to bathe for a week. A long, delicate process, perfume-making has its secrets that have lasted for centuries. If the price staggered you a bit, con- sider that it takes up to ten tons of roses to get just two pounds of essence. We ' ve often wondered why men break their backs buying the stuff for their womenfolk . . . just like mice standing in line to purchase mousetraps. Oft - ■ ' uwpv. W« i One of the first steps in the production of man trap The last step. This guy is hooked! MONTE CARLO SITUATED in Monaco, a tiny republic no bigger than your home town, Monte Carlo exists on man ' s theory that he can beat the law of averages. Its beautiful temples of chance are proof of the Looking down on Monaco, rich, beautiful, and filled — lengths man will go to blow his bankroll. Enlisted men were not allowed to gamble here, a rule which meant that the girls and perfume-makers could split your dough fifty-fifty. —with palaces that Jack built —somebody ' s else ' s jack.

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