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Q. rd- 11 V G - A t , ,E .. - '-- 'xr--wus... --an - 4. .. A l. . I f ' A me ff f if! Q QTANBUL TURKEY I4 November . . . t G Slender minarets by the score point -skyward from this ancient city's: dozens of mosques as we anchor in the swift-Howing Bosporus between lf.ur-opean Stanhui the old quarter of Istanbul, and Asiatic Hydarapaszi. Upsteam lies the bolder Horn and Galata, the commercial and social center of the city. On the left are St. Sophia, the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed and the Seraglio Palace, towering almveold Roman sea walls. Our landing place is the glorious llolrna liahce Palace, and to our right are the great military barracks and thc hospital where Florence Nightingale began her career as a nurse. 18 November. . . Istanbul wasa surprise to many of us - a clean, modern city superimposed on an ancient walled Byzantine town. From Taksim Ct-ntcr with its hotels and night clubs, along Istakal Caddesi with its shops, tln-atcrs and restaurants, to the Galata Bridge, Istanbul is a new city. Crossing thc Golden Horn we found our- selves in the old city of ancient mosques, the Spice Market, the Sultan's Palace. the covered bazaar and towered Roman walls. . .We were visited today by two vastly- different delegations of Turks -a la 're gnilitary and naval party headed hy General I3-aransels, commanding the Turk ' econd Army, and seventy orphans from three institutions. General Baransels' Sanity toured then ship from Flag Bridge to Combat. The child ren saw color cartoons. at a . f' H- ' - . ' r u eas ID te crew s mess, did a folk dance and sang. and were each given a gift on departing. 19 November. . . Admiral Rose and th b lk f th PHIB GRO I . . d B ' ' 'A l General Hogaboom and his sflaff O e if L P TWU satan.. an Headset departed today by air for Norfolk. Remaining aboard are a few of- ,V fv- ficers of the Phib Group, the men .0 I 1 R and a few officers of the landing Q N L5 gorce, and twoofficers of Tacron - ' i t I w 'N 3 A IX We have picked up some pas sengers for transit to the States ,i is i a.
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