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Syracuse was only an hour away by train and the early Greek ruins there were visited by quite a number of LEYTE personnel. It was in Syracuse that Archimedes is reputed to have dis- covered the law of buoyancy and to have exclaimed, Eureka, I have found it! Nearby Catania provided excellent shopping but not too many people could make the trip there. Snow-capped Mt. Etna was clearly visible in the distance but was a little too far away for a visit. For some of us, beer parties and softball games ashore were arranged, but for the Gunnery and Air Depart- ments there was a steady diet of work in preparation for the Naples visit. The ship was painted inside and out and scrubbed until she sparkled. In addi- tion, we took on 225 tons of stores to re- plenish the larder. On the 19th of December we weighed anchor and set sail northward through the Straits of Messina, past Stromboli, and up to see Cameo Joe. Capt. Kapsch cuts cake on 21,000th landing Food, at last! Money to burn, but no place to burn it
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Bumboats Here, Too Vice-Adm. Ballentine inspects guard. AUGUSTA, SICILY UPON departure from Palermo, we began to make preparations in earnest for our Christmas stay in Naples. To do this, we went to the Italian naval base city of Augusta on the eastern coast of Sicily. Liberty was restricted to fif- teen per cent because the town of Au- gusta simply could not handle large liberty parties. There were four taxis in town and five restaurants. However, there was an unlimited supply of car- rozzos and the nearby towns of Syra- cuse and Catania provided additional diversions. Some of us had our wives come over— Mrs. Erdmann visits the Greek Theatre.
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NAPLES, ITALY-DEC. 20-JAN. 3 ON THE 20th of December we steamed into the Naples, the largest city we visited during the beautiful Bay of Naples, passed by the re- cruise, has 1,300,000 people, 90 per cent of whom nowned Isle of Capri and majestic Vesuvius, and were peddlers, guides and taxi drivers. MostLEYTE at 1036, moored off the pier at the entrance of the men agreed that, except for France, it was still the harbor, best Med liberty. £ 5 JAW
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